Primary succession and forest development on coastal Lake Michigan sand dunes

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 487-510

  Lichter, John ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass accumulation; Aboveground litter production; Chronosequence; Community convergence; Coniferous forest; Diversity environment relations; Net ecosystem production; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Primary succession; Soil development; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT CYCLING; SUCCESSION;

LAKE MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031731337     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657151     Document Type: Article

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