A historical perspective on pitch pine - Scrub oak communities in the Connecticut Valley of Massachusetts

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 255-273

  Motzkin, G ^a   Patterson III, W A ^b   Foster, D R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation and management; Disturbance; Fire; Historical ecology; Land use history

Indexed keywords

GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS; GAYLUSSACIA BACCATA; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA; QUERCUS PRINOIDES;

EID: 0032805447     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900073     Document Type: Article

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