Forty-two years of succession following strip clearcutting in a northern hardwoods forest in northwestern Massachusetts

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 285-301

  Allison, Taber D ^a,b   Art, Henry W ^a   Cunningham, Frank E ^a   Teed, Rebecca ^a  

^a WILLIAMS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Center for Biological Conservation   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula papyrifera; Clearcutting; Forest succession; Prunus pensylvanica; Tree age; Tree height

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; SOILS;

SOIL SCARIFICATION;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SUCCESSION;

MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA; BETULA LENTA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0042853254     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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