Quantitative and qualitative effects of a severe ice storm on an old-growth beech-maple forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 598-606

  Takahashi, Koichi ^a,b   Arii, Ken ^a,c   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; ICE;

STEM DENSITY; TREE DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWING SEASON; ICE STORM; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORESTRY; GROWTH; ICE; METEOROLOGY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 34547960425     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-266     Document Type: Article

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