Shrublands and early-successional forests: Critical habitats dependent on disturbance in the northeastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 1-4

  Litvaitis, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; SHRUBLAND; SUCCESSION;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242494122     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00242-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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