Patterns of forest succession and impacts of flood in the Upper Mississippi River floodplain ecosystem

Ecological Complexity

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 463-472

  Yin, Yao ^a   Wu, Yegang ^b   Bartell, Steve M ^b   Cosgriff, Robert ^c  

^a UPPER MIDWEST ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b E2 Consulting Engineers Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Oak hickory forest succession; Spatial and temporal patterns; Upper Mississippi River floodplain ecosystem

Indexed keywords

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 70450193213     PISSN: 1476945X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecocom.2009.08.004     Document Type: Article

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