Where Has All the White Oak Gone?

BioScience

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 927-939

  Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Disturbance ecology; Fire; Land use history; Witness trees

Indexed keywords

CERVIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0141976713     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2003)053[0927:WHATWO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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