Changes in tree sapling composition within powerline corridors appear to be consistent with climatic changes in New York State

Global Change Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3439-3452

  Treyger, Artem L ^a   Nowak, Christopher A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological subregions; Forest types; manova; Old field succession; Principle components analysis; Tree saplings; Tree species assemblage

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SAPLING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TREE;

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

BETULA LENTA; BETULA POPULIFOLIA; CONIUM; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; MALVACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; TILIA AMERICANA;

EID: 80053561810     PISSN: 13541013     EISSN: 13652486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2011.02455.x     Document Type: Article

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