A predictive model to locate ancient forests in the Cross Timbers of Osage County, Oklahoma

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 847-854

  Therrell, Matthew D ^a   Stahle, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Ancient forests; Cross timbers; Dendrochronology; Old growth; Predictive model

Indexed keywords

MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PREDICTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032443582     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1998.00224.x     Document Type: Article

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