Twelve year response of old-growth southeastern bottomland hardwood forests to disturbance from Hurricane Hugo

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 3136-3147

  Zhao, Dehai ^a   Allen, Bruce ^b   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; WIND EFFECTS;

BOTTOMLAND HARDWOOD; COLONIZATION; HURRICANE HUGO; PREHURRICANE SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HURRICANE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; WIND;

EID: 34249913154     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-204     Document Type: Article

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