Is there a middle way between permanent plots and chronosequences?

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3133-3138

  Myster, Randall W ^a,b   Malahy, Michael P ^a,b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY;

CHRONOSEQUENCES; PERMANENT PLOTS; PUERTO RICO; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; SPECIES RICHNESSES; STRUCTURAL PARAMETERS; UP WELLS; VEGETATION CHANGES; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

VEGETATION;

ABANDONED LAND; CHRONOSEQUENCE; LOGISTICS; PASTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 57849155936     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-148     Document Type: Article

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