Canopy accession strategies and climate-growth relationships in Acer rubrum

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 282, Issue , 2012, Pages 124-132

  Hart, Justin L ^a   Buchanan, Megan L ^b   Clark, Stacy L ^c   Torreano, Scott J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Canopy accession; Canopy disturbance; Central Hardwood Forest; Quercus; Radial growth

Indexed keywords

ACER RUBRUM; CANOPY ACCESSION; CANOPY DISTURBANCE; HARDWOOD FORESTS; QUERCUS; RADIAL GROWTH;

HARDWOODS;

REFORESTATION;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; FOREST CANOPY; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND DYNAMICS; TREE RING; UNDERSTORY;

ACER RUBRUM; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH; HARDWOODS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION; UNITED STATES;

TENNESSEE; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 84864416489     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.06.033     Document Type: Article

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