Quantifying canopy complexity and effects on productivity and resilience in late-successional hemlock-hardwood forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 834-847

  Fahey, Robert T ^a   Fotis, Alexander T ^b   Woods, Kerry D ^c  

^a MORTON ARBORETUM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon dynamics; Disturbance history; Ecological forestry; Intermediate disturbance; LiDAR; Old growth

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND PRODUCTION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CARBON SINK; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; LIDAR; MIXED FOREST; NET PRIMARY PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGENERATION; RESILIENCE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

BIODIVERSITY; CLASSIFICATION; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; TREE; TSUGA;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; TREES; TSUGA;

EID: 85047696077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19395582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/14-1012.1     Document Type: Article

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