Forest history of James Madison's Montpelier Plantation

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 204-219

  Druckenbrod, Daniel L ^a   Shugart, Herman H ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Disturbance reconstruction; Forest history; James Madison; Monte Carlo; Montpelier; Radial growth averaging

Indexed keywords

FOREST; HISTORICAL RECORD; LAND USE CHANGE; PLANATION; SPECIES INVENTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA;

EID: 6344248980     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4126951     Document Type: Article

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