Combining environmentally dependent and independent analyses of witness tree data in east-central Alabama

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 2060-2075

  Black, Bryan A ^a   Foster, H Thomas ^a   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; LANDFORMS; VEGETATION;

FOREST COMPOSITION;

FORESTRY;

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LANDFORM; RECONSTRUCTION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

UNITED STATES;

CARYA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MARILANDICA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 0347297284     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x02-133     Document Type: Article

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