Change in oak abundance in the eastern United States from 1980 to 2008

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1370-1377

  Fei, Songlin ^a   Kong, Ningning ^a   Steiner, Kim C ^b   Moser, W Keith ^c   Steiner, Erik B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Eastern forest; Forest Inventory and Analysis; Oak

Indexed keywords

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; EASTERN FOREST; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST LAND; FOREST RESEARCHERS; FORESTED AREA; OAK; OAK DECLINE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS SPP; RED OAK; WHITE OAK;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST INVENTORY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; YIELD RESPONSE;

FORESTRY; FORESTS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS NIGRA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; USA;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS NIGRA; QUERCUS RUBRA; QUERCUS STELLATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA;

EID: 80051805480     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.030     Document Type: Article

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