Anthropogenic disturbance and the formation of oak savanna in central Kentucky, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 965-975

  McEwan, Ryan W ^a,b   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural landscape; Dendrochronology; Historical ecology; Land use history; Landscape dynamics; Remnant vegetation; Tree ring

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; GROWTH RATE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DENSITY; SAVANNA; TREE RING;

KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

POA; QUERCUS;

EID: 42349102961     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01857.x     Document Type: Article

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