Structure and development of old-growth, unmanaged second-growth, and extended rotation Pinus resinosa forests in Minnesota, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 110-118

  Silver, Emily J ^a   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^b   Palik, Brian J ^b   Bradford, John B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Extended rotation forestry; Forest structure; Old growth; Pinus resinosa; Tree size distributions

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; BASAL AREA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DATA SETS; DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; FOREST STRUCTURE; FOREST TYPE; LARGE PARTS; MANAGED FOREST; MINNESOTA , USA; OLD GROWTH; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OLD-GROWTH STANDS; PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT; PERMANENT PLOT; PICEA GLAUCA; PINE STAND; PINUS RESINOSA; SECOND GROWTH; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL CONDITION; STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; THINNING TREATMENT; TIME FRAME; TREE DIAMETER; TREE POPULATION;

CONSERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RESINS; RESTORATION; ROTATION; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DATA SET; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT RESTORATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY FOREST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SNAG; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CONSERVATION; DATA PROCESSING; FORESTRY; FORESTS; PINUS RESINOSA; RESTORATION; ROTATION; STATISTICS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; PICEA GLAUCA; PINUS RESINOSA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 84871888818     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.033     Document Type: Article

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