Tree damage risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind distur bances of Carolina forests
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Large hurricanes and other catastrophic wind events such as tornados and severe downbursts are major natural disturbance agents impacting forests of the eastern United States as well as those of many other areas of the world. They often cause severe though highly variable tree damage across the affected landscape (e.g. Frelich and Lorimer, 1991 ; Peterson and Pickett, 1991 ; Walker et al. , 1992 ; Foster and Boose, 1994 ; Webb, 1999 ; Kramer et al. , 2001 ; Harcombe et al. , 2002 ; Woods, 2004 ; McNab et al. , 2004 ). It has been well documented that various meteorological, topographic and biological factors interact to infl uence the patterns of damage (e.g. Bellingham, 1991 ; Boose et al. , 1994 , 2004 ; Coutts and Grace, 1995 ; Everham and Brokaw, 1996 ; Bellingham and Tanner, 2000 ; Peterson, 2000 , 2004 ; Ruel, 2000 ; Ulanova, 2000 ; Canham et al. , 2001 ; Papaik and Canham, 2006 ; Rich et al. , 2007 ), yet it is unclear the extent to which these previous Tree damage risk factors associated with large, infrequent wind distur bances of Carolina forests
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Changes in forest structure, species diversity and spatial pattern following hurricane disturbance in a Piedmont North Carolina forest, USA
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