Disturbance history and stand dynamics along a topographic gradient in old-growth hemlock-northern hardwood forests of the Allegheny Plateau, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-113

  Ruffner, Charles M ^a,b   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy dynamics; Dendroecology; Disturbance; Old growth hemlock

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

UNITED STATES;

CONIUM MACULATUM; FAGUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 0038138093     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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