Canopy tree turnover in old-growth mesic forests of eastern north America

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 554-567

  Runkle, James R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Appalachians, southern; Fagus; Forest, eastern USA, old growth; Hueston Woods (Ohio, USA); Snags, formation and deterioration; Species composition, temporal and regional variation; Stem size, effects on tree growth and mortality; Tionesta (Pennsylvania, USA); Tree demography; Tree mortality, function of stem size; Tsuga

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; FAGUS; TSUGA;

EID: 0033922751     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0554:CTTIOG]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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