Postfire succession in an Adirondack forest

Geographical Review

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 467-483

  Ziegler, Susy Svatek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adirondack Park; Aspen; Fire; New York State; Spruce fir forest; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; FOREST FIRE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LANDSCAPE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION; TREE;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA CORDIFOLIA; PICEA; POPULUS GRANDIDENTATA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 38049074452     PISSN: 00167428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1931-0846.2007.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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