Disturbance history and stand dynamics in secondary and oldgrowth forests of the Southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 189-204

  Butler, Sarah M ^a   White, Alan S ^b   Elliott, Katherine J ^c   Seymour, Robert S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Dendroecology; Disturbance rates; Recruitment events

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY MODELING; FUNGAL DISEASE; HARVESTING; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MIXED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SECONDARY FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; STAND STRUCTURE; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

APPALACHIANS; MAINE; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA DENTATA; ENNOMOS SUBSIGNARIA;

EID: 84935029552     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-13-00056.1     Document Type: Article

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