Ice storm effects on the canopy structure of a northern hardwood forest after 8 years

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1475-1483

  Weeks, Brian C ^b   Hamburg, Steven P ^a   Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY STRUCTURE; FOREST CANOPIES; HEIGHT PROFILES; HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; ICE STORM; LEAF AREA INDEX; LONG LASTING; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTHERN HARDWOOD FOREST; SIZE CLASS; TOTAL LEAF AREA; TREE SPECIES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

HARDWOODS; ICE; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

BARK; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOLIAGE; FOREST CANOPY; ICE STORM; LEAF AREA INDEX; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; STORM DAMAGE; UNDERSTORY;

BARK; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; FOREST CANOPY; HARDWOODS; MORTALITY;

HUBBARD BROOK EXPERIMENTAL FOREST; NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 69249105941     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-076     Document Type: Article

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