Stand and landscape-level disturbance dynamics in old-growth forests in Western Massachusetts

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 507-522

  D'Amato, Anthony W ^a,b,c   Orwig, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendroecology; Hurrecon; Hurricanes; Landscape dynamics; Massachusetts; Natural disturbance; Nonmetric multidimensional scaling; Old growth forests; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMAN ACTIVITY; HURRICANE; ICE STORM; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; RECONSTRUCTION; SECONDARY FOREST; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 58149496583     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: 15577015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0593.1     Document Type: Article

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