Forest dynamics in Westland, New Zealand: The importance of large, infrequent earthquake-induced disturbance

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1006-1018

  Wells, Andrew ^a,b   Duncan, Richard P ^a   Stewart, Glenn H ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Age forest cohort; Disturbance history reconstruction; Erosion and sedimentation; Landslides; Terraces; Tree rings

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST DYNAMICS;

NEW ZEALAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0035664373     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0022-0477.2001.00594.x     Document Type: Article

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