Land use and forest history in an urban sanctuary in central Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 108, Issue 934, 2006, Pages 119-141

  Bertin, Robert I ^a   DeGasperis, Brian G ^a   Sabloff, Jean M ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest history; Forest succession; Land use history; Massachusetts; Non native species; Urban forests; Worcester

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER PLATANOIDES; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; PINUS STROBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33745642443     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3119/04-20.1     Document Type: Article

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