Monitoring and evaluating the ecological integrity of forest ecosystems

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 308-316

  Tierney, Geraldine L ^a   Faber Langendoen, Don ^b   Mitchell, Brian R ^c   Shriver, W Gregory ^d   Gibbs, James P ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b NATURESERVE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NATIONAL PARK; SOIL CHEMISTRY; STAND STRUCTURE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK; MAINE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68949187966     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/070176     Document Type: Review

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