Change within and among forest communities: the influence of historic disturbance, environmental gradients, and community attributes
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W. A. Bunn ([email protected]), C. B. Brown and N. J. Sanders, Dept of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Univ. of Tennessee, 569 Dabney Hall, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA. (Present address of W. A. B.: USDOI, National Park Service, Grand Canyon National Park, P. O. Box 129, Grand Canyon, AZ 86023, USA.) !M. A. Jenkins, USDOI, National Park Service, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 1314 Cherokee Orchard Road, Gatlinburg, TN 37738, USA. (Present address of M. A. J.: Purdue Univ., Dept of Forestry and Natural Resources, 715 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.)
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