Forest dynamics in a natural area of the southern Ridge and Valley, Tennessee

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 275-289

  Hart, Justin L ^a   Van De Gevel, Saskia L ^b   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Disturbance; Liriodendron tulipifera; Quercus; Ridge and Valley; Succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; POPULATION DECLINE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; STAND STRUCTURE; VALLEY;

IJAMS NATURE RESERVE; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CASTANEA DENTATA; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 48249103070     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2008)28[275:FDIANA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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