Scale and frequency of natural disturbances in the northeastern US: Implications for early successional forest habitats and regional age distributions

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 41-64

  Lorimer, Craig G ^a   White, Alan S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowdowns; Early successional habitat; Fire regimes; Insect epidemics; Natural disturbances; Old growth forests; Presettlement forests; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; SEED; SURVEYS;

WILD LIFE;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SUCCESSION;

(NORTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

ACER; BETULA; FAGUS; INSECTA; PICEA; PINUS; QUERCUS; TSUGA;

EID: 0242662408     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00245-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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