Forest dynamics across three century-length disturbance regimes in the illinois ozark hills

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 418-449

  Fralish, James S ^a   McArdle, Thomas G ^a,b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Christopher B Burke Engineering Ltd   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; STEM;

ILLINOIS; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 77649254875     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-162.2.418     Document Type: Article

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