Relationships between stand growth and structural diversity in spruce-dominated forests in New Brunswick, Canada

• Published in: Canadian journal of forest research Vol. 39; no. 10; pp. 1835 - 1847
• Main Authors: Lei, Xiangdong, Wang, Weifeng, Peng, Changhui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ottawa, ON National Research Council of Canada 01.10.2009; NRC Research Press; Canadian Science Publishing NRC Research Press
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Biological and medical sciences; boreal forests; coniferous forests; Developmental stages; Diversity indices; equations; forest growth; Forest management; Forest productivity; forest stands; forest succession; forest trees; Forestry; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; Gini coefficients; Growth; growth models; Mortality; Plant diversity; Plant growth; Plant species; Shannon-Wiener diversity index; spatial distribution; Species diversity; stand developmental stages; stand structure; Statistical analysis; statistical models; Taigas; tree and stand measurements; tree growth; tree mortality; Trees; vegetation structure; New Brunswick; Canada; North America; America; New Brunswick Canada; Canada, New Brunswick; Forests; Relation; Forest stand; Gymnospermae; Diversity; Forestry; Tree; Coniferales; Spermatophyta; Vegetation structure; Picea

Relationships between stand growth and structural diversity were examined in spruce-dominated forests in New Brunswick, Canada. Net growth, survivor growth, mortality, and recruitment represented stand growth, and tree species, size, and height diversity indices were used to describe structural dive...