Effects of an intense ice storm on the structure of a northern hardwood forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1763-1775

  Rhoads, Anne G ^a   Hamburg, Steven P ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Siccama, Thomas G ^a   Hane, Elizabeth N ^a   Battles, John ^a   Cogbill, Charles ^a   Randall, Jesse ^a   Wilson, Geoff ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; WATERSHEDS;

ICE STORM;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; ICE STORM; STAND STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036435043     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-089     Document Type: Article

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