Delayed tree mortality in the Atchafalaya Basin of Southern Louisiana following Hurricane Andrew

Wetlands

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-111

  Keeland, Bobby D ^a   Gorham, Lance E ^b  

^a NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b USDA NRCS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; FLOOD DAMAGE; HURRICANE ANDREW 1992; MORTALITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SURVIVAL; WETLAND;

ATCHAFALAYA BASIN; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

POPULUS HETEROPHYLLA; SALIX; SALIX INTERIOR; TRIADICA SEBIFERA;

EID: 77749328140     PISSN: 02775212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1672/08-21.1     Document Type: Article

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