A comparison of presettlement and modern forest composition along an elevation gradient in central new hampshire

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 190-202

  Vadeboncoeur, Matthew A ^a,c   Hamburg, Steven P ^a,d   Cogbill, Charles V ^b   Sugimura, Wendy Y ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^d ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENSE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC FACTORS; ELEVATION DATA; ELEVATION GRADIENT; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST SPECIES; HUMAN-CAUSED DISTURBANCE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PERMANENT PLOT; PRESETTLEMENT; PRESETTLEMENT FOREST; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; TREE SPECIES COMPOSITION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAND USE;

FORESTRY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ELEVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; FOREST INVENTORY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; FORESTS; LAND USE; PINUS; QUERCUS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 83755174129     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X11-169     Document Type: Article

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