Incorporating multi-cohort old aspen and mixedwood dynamics into a long-term forest management plan

Forestry Chronicle

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 50-58

  LeBlanc, Paul A ^a  

^a Swan Valley Forest Resources Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aspen (Populus tremuloides); Future forest condition; Gap phase dynamics; Mixedwoods; Multi cohort; Single cohort; Succession

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; DYNAMICS; FORESTRY;

ASPEN (POPULUS TREMULOIDE); FOREST CONDITIONS; FUTURE FOREST CONDITION; GAP-PHASE DYNAMIC; MIXEDWOOD; MULTI-COHORT; PHASE DYNAMICS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; SINGLE-COHORT; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BIODIVERSITY; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; MIXED FOREST; PLANNING PRACTICE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUSTAINABILITY; YIELD RESPONSE;

FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; POPULUS;

CANADA; DUCK MOUNTAIN PROVINCIAL FOREST; MANITOBA;

POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84901508982     PISSN: 00157546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5558/tfc2014-010     Document Type: Article

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