Composition and structure of a chronosequence of young, mixed-species forests in southeastern Ohio, USA

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Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-30

  Norland, Eric R ^a   Hix, David M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Oak hickory; Stand development; Stand dynamics; Succession

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; CARYA; LIRIODENDRON; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS VELUTINA; VELUTINA; ACERACEAE; FAGACEAE; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; MAGNOLIACEAE;

CHESTNUT OAK; YELLOW POPLAR;

USA, OHIO;

EID: 0029663394     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00045201     Document Type: Article

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