Use of hummocks and hollows by trees in tidal freshwater forested wetlands along the Savannah River

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1613-1618

  Duberstein, Jamie A ^a   Conner, William H ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hummock; Microtopography; Swamp; Tidal freshwater forested wetlands

Indexed keywords

FLOOD PLAINS; FORESTED WETLANDS; HUMMOCK; LUNAR TIDES; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; RIVER SYSTEMS; SAVANNAH RIVER; SWAMP; TIDAL FRESHWATER FORESTED WETLANDS; TREATMENT GROUP; TREE COMMUNITY;

FORESTRY; RIVERS;

WETLANDS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLOODPLAIN; FRESHWATER INPUT; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; PLANT COMMUNITY; STREAM; SWAMP; WETLAND;

FORESTRY; FRESH WATER; RIVERS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SWAMPS; WETLANDS;

NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS SERRULATA; LIQUIDAMBAR; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA;

EID: 68949149722     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.07.018     Document Type: Article

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