Disturbance regimes of hemlock-dominated old-growth forests in Northern New York, U.S.A.

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2106-2115

  Ziegler, Susy Svatek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS;

OLD-GROWTH FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

UNITED STATES;

CONIUM MACULATUM; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0037001384     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-140     Document Type: Article

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