Age structure and radial growth in xeric pine-oak forests in western Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-146

  Harrod, Jonathan C ^a   White, Rickie D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age structure; Fire regimes; Pinus; Quercus; Southern Appalachian Mountains; Xeric forests

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FIRE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0033121014     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997290     Document Type: Article

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