Canopy gap characteristics of an oak-beech-maple old-growth forest in Northeastern Ohio

Ohio Journal of Science

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 111-115

  Weiskittel, Aaron R ^a   Hix, David M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TREEFALL;

JOHNSON WOODS STATE NATURE PRESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; FAGUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 1642441302     PISSN: 00300950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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