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work_ndpbll3ypjfhhfp66d6hlle3la	Posy E. Busby	Multiple and interacting disturbances lead to Fagus grandifolia dominance in coastal New England	2008.0	14	.pdf	application/pdf	10924	1116	73	Multiple and interacting disturbances lead to Fagus grandifolia dominance in coastal New England. disturbance history and changes in species abundance are unavailable for many forest ecosystems. This study examines the history and dynamics of Fagus grandifolia-dominated forests in coastal New England to evaluate the role of multiple disturbances in the development of Fagus repeated low-moderate intensity hurricanes allowed Fagus but not Quercus species to establish and persist in Thus, long-term changes in forest composition and reduced species richness resulted Key words: beech, disturbance interactions, Fagus grandifolia, herbivory, hurricane, monodominance, oak, species otherwise expected to establish following severe wind disturbance (Peterson and forest in the eastern U.S. Although considerable attention has been devoted to understanding the influence of disturbance on high species development of Fagus forests in the study area disturbance across the study area, we generated island-wide (East and West End data	./cache/work_ndpbll3ypjfhhfp66d6hlle3la.pdf	./txt/work_ndpbll3ypjfhhfp66d6hlle3la.txt