Long-term structural and biomass dynamics of virgin Tsuga canadensis-Pinus strobus forests after hurricane disturbance

Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 721-733

  D'Amato, Anthony W ^a   Orwig, David A ^b   Foster, David R ^b   Plotkin, Audrey Barker ^b   Schoonmaker, Peter K ^c   Wagner, Maggie R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pacific Northwest College of Art   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aboveground biomass; Coarse woody debris; Forest structure; Hurricane; Pinus strobus; Temperate forest ecosystems; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BASAL AREA; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HURRICANE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NEW HAMPSHIRE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS STROBUS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEM; FOREST; HURRICANE; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PINE; TREE; TSUGA;

BIOMASS; CYCLONIC STORMS; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE; PINUS; TREES; TSUGA;

EID: 85028260849     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1684     Document Type: Article

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