Forest response to disturbance and anthropogenic stress: Rethinking the 1938 hurricane and climate stress on forest ecosystems

BioScience

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 437-445

  Foster, David R ^a   Aber, John D ^b   Melillo, Jerry M ^c   Bowden, Richard D ^d   Bazzaz, Fakhri A ^e  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute s   (United States)

^d ALLEGHENY COLLEGE   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030972165     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313059     Document Type: Review

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