Immediate damage by an earthquake to a temperate montane forest

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 708-714

  Allen, Robert B ^a   Bellingham, Peter J ^a   Wiser, Susan K ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Earthquake; Forest dynamics; Landscape patterns; Landslides; Natural disturbance; New Zealand; Nothofagus; Permanent plots; Scale; Temperate montane forest

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKE DAMAGE; MONTANE FOREST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

NOTHOFAGUS SOLANDRI;

EID: 0033014491     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0708:IDBAET]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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