Long-term directional changes in upland Quercus forests throughout Oklahoma, USA

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 606-618

  DeSantis, Ryan D ^a   Hallgren, Stephen W ^a   Lynch, Thomas B ^a   Burton, Jesse A ^a   Palmer, Michael W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Drought; Fire exclusion; Forest dynamics; Juniperus virginiana; Mesophication; Oak; Oklahoma; Quercus marilandica; Quercus stellata; Species composition; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; INVASIVE SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MARILANDICA; QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 77950990466     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01168.x     Document Type: Article

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