Composition, vegetation, and structural characteristics of a presettlement forest in western Maryland

Castanea

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 337-345

  Dodds, Kevin J ^a,b   Smallidge, Peter J ^a,c  

^a FROSTBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; BETULA LENTA; PRUNUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 0033497098     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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