Substrate type and the distribution of sugar maple at its elevational limit in the White Mountains, New Hampshire

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 494-498

  Demers, Jason D ^a   Lee, Thomas D ^a   Barrett, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SUBSTRATE; SUGAR MAPLE; TREE LINE;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; USA; WHITE MOUNTAINS;

ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0031856994     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x98-008     Document Type: Article

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