New estimates of Massachusetts old-growth forests: Useful data for regional conservation and forest reserve planning

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 495-506

  D'Amato, Anthony W ^a,b   Orwig, David A ^b   Foster, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CONIUM; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33846997599     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2006)13[495:NEOMOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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