Change within and among forest communities: The influence of historic disturbance, environmental gradients, and community attributes

Ecography

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 425-434

  Bunn, Windy A ^a,b   Jenkins, Michael A ^c,d   Brown, Claire B ^a   Sanders, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^c Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL PROFILE; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UNDERSTORY;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955254668     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.06016.x     Document Type: Article

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