Disturbance severity and threshold responses in the boreal forest

Ecology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Frelich, Lee E ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative stable states; Disturbance in boreal forest; Disturbance severity; Forest response to changes in; Forest response to changes in disturbance severity; Minnesota boreal forest; Stability in boreal forest

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249109541     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00051-020207     Document Type: Article

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