Woody regeneration in a southern appalachian quercus stand following wind disturbance and salvage logging

Castanea

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 223-236

  White, Stephen D ^a   Hart, Justin L ^a   Cox, Lauren E ^a   Schweitzer, Callie J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; compounded disturbance; Quercus; regeneration; salvage logging

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIVERSITY INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; GROWING SEASON; POPULATION DENSITY; REGENERATION; SALVAGING; SEEDLING; STAND DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

ALABAMA; APPALACHIANS; BANKHEAD NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; QUERCUS;

EID: 84921509740     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/14-009     Document Type: Article

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