Ecological and conservation insights from reconstructive studies of temperate old-growth forests

Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 419-424

  Foster, D R ^a   Orwig, D A ^a   McLachlan, J S ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

EID: 0030451431     PISSN: 01695347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-5347(96)10047-1     Document Type: Review

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