Overstory tree composition of eastern hemlock stands threatened by the hemlock woolly adelgid at Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Castanea

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-37

  Mahan, Carolyn ^a   Sullivan, Kristi L ^b   Black, Byran ^c   Kim, Ke Chung ^d   Yahner, Richard H ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Frost Entomological Museum   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OVERSTORY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

DELAWARE WATER GAP NATIONAL RECREATION AREA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES; BETULA; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; INSECTA; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS MONTANA; QUERCUS PRINUS; STROBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 2342488906     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/0008-7475(2004)069<0030:OTCOEH>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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