Long-term successional forest dynamics: Species and community responses to climatic variability

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 627-642

  Kardol, Paul ^a,b   Todd, Donald E ^a   Hanson, Paul J ^a   Mulholland, Patrick J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Climate change; DBH; Global change; Growth; Insect outbreaks; Mortality; Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI); Precipitation; Summer drought; Temperature

Indexed keywords

BEETLE; CLIMATE VARIATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DATA SET; DROUGHT; GROWING SEASON; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; PEST OUTBREAK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATERSHED;

OAK RIDGE RESERVATION; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS FRONTALIS; HEXAPODA; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS ECHINATA; QUERCUS MONTANA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 77954336082     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2010.01171.x     Document Type: Article

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