Forest dynamics and climate sensitivity of an endangered Carolina hemlock community in the southern Appalachian Mountains, USA

Botany

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 301-309

  Austin, David A ^a   van de Gevel, Saskia L ^a   Soulé, Peter T ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Endangered tree species; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Invasive species; Old growth forests; Tsuga caroliniana

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; CLIMATE EFFECT; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DENDROCHRONOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST DYNAMICS; INSECT; INVASIVE SPECIES; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PARASITE INFESTATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

APPALACHIANS;

ADELGIDAE; CASTANEA DENTATA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; RHODODENDRON CATAWBIENSE; TSUGA CAROLINIANA; ULMUS AMERICANA;

EID: 84962086204     PISSN: 19162804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjb-2015-0222     Document Type: Article

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