Abstract
Decline in high elevation red spruce (
Picea rubens Sarg.) and Fraser fir (
Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir.) forests throughout the southern Appalachians was shown following extensive surveys conducted during the 1980s.
Parent Publication
Citation
Bowers, Todd Allen; Bruck, Robert I. 2010. Evidence of montane spruce-fir forest recovery on the high peaks and ridges of the black mountains, North Carolina: recent trends, 1986-2003. In: Rentch, James S.; Schuler, Thomas M., eds. 2010. Proceedings from the conference on the ecology and management of high-elevation forests in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains. 2009 May 14-15; Slatyfork, WV. Gen. Tech. Rep. NRS-P-64. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 203.