Radial growth of residual overstory trees and understory saplings after mountain pine beetle attack in central British Columbia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 348-356

  Hawkins, Christopher D B ^a,b   Dhar, Amalesh ^a   Balliet, Nicole A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b YUKON COLLEGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex stands; Dendroctonous ponderosae Hopkins; Mid term timber supply; Pinus contorta var. latifiolia Engelm.; Release

Indexed keywords

GROWTH INCREMENTS; HOPKINS; MANAGEMENT OPTIONS; MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES; MOUNTAIN PINE BEETLE; PINUS CONTORTA; RELEASE; TIMBER SUPPLY;

PLANTS (BOTANY); TIMBER;

FORESTRY;

AGE CLASS; BEETLE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CONIFEROUS TREE; EPIDEMIC; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; OVERSTORY; PEST CONTROL; PEST OUTBREAK; SAPLING; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMBER; TREE RING; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; PLANTS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

EID: 84884268987     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.035     Document Type: Article

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