Disturbance dynamics of old-growth Picea rubens forests of northern Maine

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 597-610

  Fraver, Shawn ^a   White, Alan S ^b  

^a MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Canopy structure; Choristoneura fumiferana; Dendro ecology; Dendrochronology; Dendroctonus rufipennis; Patch dynamics; Spruce bark beetle; Spruce budworm

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS RUFIPENNIS; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 27744608650     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2005)16[597:DDOOPR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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