Natural disturbance in an old-growth landscape of northern Maine, USA

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 289-298

  Fraver, Shawn ^a,b   White, Alan S ^a   Seymour, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advance regeneration; Canopy gaps; Dendrochronology; Growth releases; Late successional forests; Shade tolerance; Spruce budworm; Stand dynamics; Succession

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; LANDSCAPE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUCCESSION;

BIG REED FOREST RESERVE; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CHORISTONEURA FUMIFERANA; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 60049088677     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01474.x     Document Type: Article

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