Windstorm damage and forest recovery: Accelerated succession, stand structure, and spatial pattern over 25 years in two Minnesota forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1833-1842

  Allen, Matthew S ^a   Thapa, Vaskar ^a   Arévalo, José Ramón ^b   Palmer, Michael W ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cedar creek ecosystem science reserve; Forest architecture; Forest succession; Spatial point pattern; Windstorm

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGIONAL PATTERN; SAMPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STAND STRUCTURE; STORM TRACK; SUCCESSION;

MINNESOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84869012850     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0139-9     Document Type: Article

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