Spatial distribution of forest landscape change in western New York from presettlement to the present

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 76-88

  Wang, Yi Chen ^a   Kronenfeld, Barry J ^b   Larsen, Chris P S ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA QUALITIES; EARLY-SUCCESSIONAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST LANDSCAPES; GEO-STATISTICS; GEOGRAPHIC PATTERNS; GRID CELLS; NEW YORK; PRESETTLEMENT; RED MAPLES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; SUGAR MAPLES; TIME PERIODS; TREE SELECTIONS;

FORESTRY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUGAR (SUCROSE); SUGARS;

SURVEYS;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA QUALITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOSTATISTICS; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FORESTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUCROSE; SUGAR; SURVEYS; TREES;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; CONIUM; FAGUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 64849112361     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X08-161     Document Type: Article

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