Relating land-use history and climate to the dendroecology of a 326-year-old Quercus prinus talus slope forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-358

  Ruffner, Charles M ^a   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; LAND-USE HISTORY;

EID: 0031854883     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x97-220     Document Type: Article

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