Use of boundary-line growth patterns as a basis for dendroecological release criteria

Ecological Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1733-1749

  Black, Bryan A ^a,b   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boundary line; Disturbance; Eastern hemlock; Old growth forest; Release criteria; Tree ring data

Indexed keywords

DENDROECOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PRINUS; STROBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 1642304102     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/02-5122     Document Type: Article

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