Comparison of Forest Cover prior to and following Disturbance in two areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Mccracken WH. 1978. Comparison of Forest Cover prior to and following Disturbance in two areas of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. University of Tennessee
The studies were made in portions of GRSM where extensive logging operations were conducted in pre-park days. A mixed mesophytic forest was succeeded after logging by pioneer species, predominately yellow poplar. Red spruce continued to dominate the higher elevation forests, except at the highest levels.
- Type
- Academic
- Authors
- Mccracken, Weaver
- Date of Issue
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Tennessee
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Disturbance, Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, GRSM-01587, Logging, Plant Studies, Succession, Thesis