Ice-storm disturbance and long-term forest dynamics in the Adirondack Mountains

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 267-276

  Lafon, Charles W ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Forest modeling; New York state; Northern hardwoods; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GAP DYNAMICS; ICE STORM; SUCCESSION;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 2342479872     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02261.x     Document Type: Article

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