Community and population dynamics of spruce-fir forests on Whiteface Mountain, New York: Recent trends, 1985-2000

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-63

  Battles, John J ^a   Fahey, Timothy J ^b   Siccama, Thomas G ^c   Johnson, Arthur H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; VEGETATION; WATERSHEDS;

DEMOGRAPHY;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GROWTH RATE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIZE STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0037282351     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-150     Document Type: Article

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