External characteristics of old trees in the eastern deciduous forest

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 396-407

  Pederson, Neil ^a,b  

^a EASTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosperm trees; Eastern Deciduous Forest; forest history; old growth forests; tree ring analysis

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; POPULATION DENSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE RING;

CONIFEROPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA;

EID: 78149346144     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/043.030.0405     Document Type: Article

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