Dynamics in late-successional hemlock-hardwood forests over three decades

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 110-126

  Woods, Kerry D ^a  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Betula alleghaniensis; Canopy dynamics; Competition; Hemlock northern hardwood forest; Long term studies; Old growth forest; Permanent plots; Succession; Tree demography; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; SUCCESSION;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; TILIA AMERICANA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033974298     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[0110:DILSHH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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