Testing predictions of forest succession using long-term measurements: 100 yrs of observations in the Oregon Cascades

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 722-732

  Harmon, Mark E ^a   Pabst, Robert J ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

In growth; Live forest biomass; Mortality; Permanent plots; Successional theory; Time series

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMASS; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PREDICTION; REGENERATION; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ARBUTUS MENZIESII; PRUNUS EMARGINATA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84931569657     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12273     Document Type: Article

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