History of a Pinus strobus-dominated stand in northern New York

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-436

  Kearsley, Jennifer B ^a,b   Jackson, Stephen T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern North America; Forest stand; Hollow; Tsuga canadensis; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; WINDTHROW;

NEW YORK; USA;

ABIES BALSAMES; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FAGUS GRADNILFOLIA; PICEA RUBENS; PINACEAE; PINUS STROBUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031459964     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237334     Document Type: Article

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