Gap-scale disturbance processes in secondary hardwood stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA

Plant Ecology

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 131-146

  Hart, Justin L ^a   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Disturbance; Forest development; Mixed hardwoods; Succession; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; APPALACHIANS; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 59849115750     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9488-9     Document Type: Article

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