Modeling forest succession among ecological land units in Northern Minnesota

Ecology and Society

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Host, George ^a   Pastor, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Climatology; Dunes; Ecological classification systems (ECS); Forest; Forest growth model; Forest management; Geomorphology; LINKAGES; Moraines; Northern Minnesota; Overstory composition; Soil properties; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249122276     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00070-020215     Document Type: Article

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