Accelerated succession following an intense wind storm in an oak-dominated forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 279, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-146

  Holzmueller, Eric J ^a   Gibson, David J ^a   Suchecki, Paul F ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Johnston City High School   (United States)

Author keywords

Central hardwood forest; Mesophytic species; Quercus; Super derecho

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DERECHO; DISTURBANCE REGIME; FIRE SUPPRESSION; HARDWOOD FORESTS; ILLINOIS; LONG TERM MONITORING; MESOPHYTIC SPECIES; NATIONAL FORESTS; QUERCUS; SLOPE POSITIONS; SPECIES ABUNDANCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND DYNAMICS; STEM DENSITY; TOPOGRAPHIC POSITIONS; TREE COMMUNITY; WIND EVENTS; WIND STORMS;

ECOLOGY; HARDWOODS; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MONITORING; OVERSTORY; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION; WIND VELOCITY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARDWOODS; ILLINOIS; SEEDLING ORCHARDS; WIND;

ILLINOIS; SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS;

EID: 84862699902     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.036     Document Type: Article

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