Long-term change and spatial pattern in a late-successional hemlock-northern hardwood forest

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 267-282

  Woods, Kerry D ^a  

^a BENNINGTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Fagus grandifolia; Permanent plots; Succession; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FOREST; PERSISTENCE; REGENERATION; SUCCESSION; TSUGA CANADENSIS; UNITED STATES;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0034011596     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00448.x     Document Type: Article

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