Gap-scale disturbance processes in secondary hardwood stands on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee, USA

Forest Ecology: Recent Advances in Plant Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 131-146

  Hart, Justin L ^a   Grissino Mayer, Henri D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Disturbance; Forest development; Mixed hardwoods; Succession; Tennessee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900625503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2795-5_11     Document Type: Chapter

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