Early-successional dynamics of single-aged mixed hardwood stands in a southern New England forest, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 141-150

  Liptzin, Daniel ^a   Ashton, P M S ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; B. papyrifera; Betula lenta; Clearcut; Forest succession; New England; Prunus pensylvanica; Quercus rubra; Shade tolerance; Stand development; Stratification

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MIXED FOREST; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA POPULIFOLIA; CATOSTOMIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; PINUS SEROTINA; PINUS STROBUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033548877     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00448-4     Document Type: Article

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