Long-term mortality rates and spatial patterns in an old-growth Pinus resinosa forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 809-816

  Silver, Emily J ^a   Fraver, Shawn ^a   D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Aakala, Tuomas ^b   Palik, Brian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; INITIAL POPULATION; MORTALITY PATTERNS; PINUS BANKSIANA; SAMPLING INTERVAL; SPATIAL PATTERNS; STAND DEVELOPMENT; STAND STRUCTURES;

FORESTRY; RESINS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; FUNGUS; GLOBAL CHANGE; MORTALITY; SENESCENCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; WINDTHROW;

FORESTS; FUNGI; MORTALITY; PINUS BANKSIANA; PINUS RESINOSA; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84883498203     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2013-0139     Document Type: Article

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