Impact of human activity on regional forest composition and dynamics in central New England

Ecosystems

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-95

  Fuller, Janice L ^a   Foster, David R ^a   McLachlan, Jason S ^a,b   Drake, Natalie ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Human disturbance; New England; Paleoecology; Rates of change

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002591725     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900007     Document Type: Article

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