Tree damage risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind disturbances of Carolina forests

Forestry

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 317-334

  Xi, Weimin ^a   Peet, Robert K ^a   Decoster, James K ^b   Urban, Dean L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HURRICANE EVENT; HURRICANE HUGO 1989; RISK FACTOR; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 49749086126     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpn020     Document Type: Article

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