Landscape patterns of change in coarse woody debris accumulation in an old-growth deciduous forest on the Cumberland Plateau, southeastern Kentucky

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 763-769

  Muller, Robert N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS; WOOD;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS (CWD);

FORESTRY;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PATCH DYNAMICS;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CARYA; CARYA GLABRA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TILIA; TILIA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0037795502     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-210     Document Type: Article

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