Changes in a hemlock-dominated forest following woolly adelgid infestation in southern New England

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 458-470

  Small, Melanie J ^a,b   Small, Christine J ^a,c   Dreyer, Glenn D ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c RADFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adelges tsugae; Central hardwood forests; Forest recovery; Long term vegetation change; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORALITY; STAND DYNAMICS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; APHIDIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; INSECTA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 29244451876     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2005)132[458:CIAHFF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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