Vegetation response to large scale disturbance in a southern Appalachian forest: Hurricane Opal and salvage logging

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 48-59

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Hitchcock, Stephanie L ^a   Krueger, Lisa ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Herbaceous species; Hurricane; Regeneration; Treefall; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TREEFALL;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ASTERACEAE; LILIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 0036062872     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088682     Document Type: Article

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