Fire regime dynamics following the mid-Holocene hemlock decline in eastern North America

Approximately 5,000 years ago, eastern hemlock ( Tsuga canadensis) experienced a sudden, rapid, range-wide decline most probably due to pest, disease, or climate change. An aphid-like defoliating insect, the hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae), recently (1950’s) introduced to eastern North Ameri...

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Main Author: Clark, Kennedy H
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2010
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3409558