Scale-dependent effects of windthrow disturbance on forest arthropod communities
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Abiotic Controls on Long-term Windthrow Disturbance and Temperate Rain Forest Dynamics in Southeast Alaska
We investigated the role of abiotic factors in controlling patterns of longterm windthrow in the pristine coastal temperate rain forests of southeast Alaska. Our objectives were to test the extent to which long-term patterns of windthrow can be predicted spatially at the landscape scale by using four abiotic factors (slope, elevation, soil stability, and exposure to prevailing storm winds), eva...
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عنوان ژورنال: Ecological Research
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0912-3814,1440-1703
DOI: 10.1007/s11284-007-0370-3