Ecological impact of the mid-Holocene hemlock decline in southern Ontario, Canada

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2337-2351

  Fuller, Janick L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Fine resolution pollen analysis; Forest dynamics; Hemlock decline; Pathogenic outbreak; Southern Ontario; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HOLOCENE; PALEOECOLOGY; POPULATION DECLINE; TREE;

CANADA; ONTARIO;

TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0031691294     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[2337:EIOTMH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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