Radial growth responses of three co-occurring species to small canopy disturbances in a secondary hardwood forest on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee

Physical Geography

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 270-291

  Hart, Justin ^a   Austin, David ^b   Van De Gevel, Saskia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^c APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Acer saccharum; canopy gap; Cumberland Plateau; dendroecology; Liriodendron tulipifera

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; TREE RING;

APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; CUMBERLAND PLATEAU; TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA;

EID: 77954875203     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.31.3.270     Document Type: Article

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