A permanent plot study of vegetation and vegetation-site factors fifty-three years following disturbance in central New England, USA

Ecoscience

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 232-240

  Mabry, Cathy ^a,b   Korsgren, Tobe ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; HURRICANE; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; SUCCESSION;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

CHIMAPHILA; CLINTONIA BOREALIS; COMPTONIA PEREGRINA; CORNUS; CORNUS CANADENSIS; DIPHYLLA; ERICACEAE; FRAGARIA; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; HEDYOTIS; HEDYOTIS CAERULEA; HOUSTONIA CAERULEA; MEDEOLA VIRGINIANA; MITCHELLA REPENS; MITELLA DIPHYLLA; PEREGRINA; PINUS STROBUS; POLYGALA PAUCIFOLIA; POLYGALACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; PYROLA ELLIPTICA; PYROLA ROTUNDIFOLIA; QUERCUS; TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 0032417277     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1998.11682454     Document Type: Article

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