Vegetation and disturbance history of a rare dwarf pitch pine community in western New England, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1455-1467

  Motzkin, Glenn ^a   Orwig, David A ^a   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Dwarf pitch pine; Fire; Land use history; Pine barrens; Ridgetop

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0036816853     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00764.x     Document Type: Article

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