Testing disturbance theory with long-term data: Alternative life-history solutions to the distribution of events

American Naturalist

Volumn 148, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 976-996

  Clark, James S ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FIRE; PAPER BIRCH; RED PINE;

USA, MINNESOTA;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULACEAE; PINACEAE; PINUS RESINOSA; POPULUS; SALICACEAE;

EID: 0030303295     PISSN: 00030147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/285967     Document Type: Article

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