The recent vegetation disturbance history of the Chattooga River watershed

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 372-381

  Bratton, Susan Power ^a   Meier, Albert J ^b  

^a Whitworth College   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; CASTANEA DENTATA; LIRODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0344286479     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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