Forest communities of Natchez Trace State Forest, western Tennessee Coastal Plain

Castanea

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 15-29

  Franklin, Scott B ^a   Kupfer, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; TOPOGRAPHY; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

NATCHEZ TRACE STATE FOREST; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; ILEX; ILEX OPACA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 2342478640     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/0008-7475(2004)069<0015:FCONTS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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