Tales from the blackgum, a consummate subordinate tree

BioScience

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 347-359

  Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecophysiology; Forest geography; Land use history; Nyssa sylvatica; Witness trees

Indexed keywords

NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE;

EID: 34247220388     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1641/B570409     Document Type: Review

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