Sixty years of management and natural disturbance in a New England forested landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 63-73

  Leak, William B ^a   Smith, Marie Louise ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Forest ecosystem; Migration; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST;

USA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, BARTLETT EXPERIMENTAL FOREST;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PICEA RUBENS; POPULUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0030453973     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(95)03662-8     Document Type: Article

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