Postfire Succession in an Adirondack ForestFootnote^*

* I thank Peter Grupe, Thomas Martin, Thomas Wahl, Stuart Buchanan, Richard Dixon, Angus Bright, Dick Ziegler, Thomas Ziegler, Tom Svatek, Martha Svatek, Wendy Svatek, Rachel Jamison, Kenneth Adams, Andreas Brede‐Buchenau, Charles Cogbill, Ray Curran, Lee Frelich, Mark Lindberg, Neil Pederson, J. Morgan Varner, Doug Pribyl, Joel Nelson, Julia Rauchfuss, Max Handler, Jerold Pepper, John Fraser Hart, and the anonymous reviewers. A Grant‐in‐Aid of Research, Artistry, and Scholarship from the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota helped me launch my research. I dedicate this article to the memory of M. Virginia Biggy, educator extraordinaire.

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