Composition and structure of an old-growth versus a second-growth white oak forest in southwestern Pennsylvania

J.A. Downs; M.D. Abrams

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Composition and structure of an old-growth versus a second-growth white oak forest in southwestern Pennsylvania

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Authors:

J.A. Downs, M.D. Abrams

Year:

1991

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 207-223.

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Abstract

A relatively undisturbed, old-growth Quercus alba remnant and a second-growth example of the forest type were surveyed in 1988-89 to investigate the successional status of Q. alba in the region.

Parent Publication

Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Downs, J.A.; Abrams, M.D. 1991. Composition and structure of an old-growth versus a second-growth white oak forest in southwestern Pennsylvania. In: McCormick, Larry H.; Gottschalk, Kurt W., eds. Proceedings, 8th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 1991 March 4-6; University Park, PA. Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-148. Radnor, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station: 207-223.