Neighborhood effects, disturbance severity, and community stability in forests

Ecosystems

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 151-166

  Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community stability; Disturbance severity; Neighborhood effects; Punctuated stability; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032968922     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100219900066     Document Type: Short Survey

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