Changes in xeric forests in western Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1936-1995

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 346-360

  Harrod, Jonathan ^a   White, Peter S ^a   Harmon, Mark E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; NYSSA SYLVATICA; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS RIGIDA; PINUS STROBUS; PINUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0032464492     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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