Forty years of forest measurements support steadily increasing aboveground biomass in a maturing, Quercus-dominant northeastern forest

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 97-112

  Eisen, Katherine ^a   Plotkin, Audrey Barker ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; forest productivity; forest succession; Quercus rubra

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CENSUS; DICOTYLEDON; DOMINANCE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MORTALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STAND DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

HARVARD FOREST; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CASTANEA DENTATA; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84928943525     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-14-00027.1     Document Type: Article

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