Composition, structure, and dynamics of vegetation in fifteen beaver-impacted wetlands in western Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 103, Issue 915, 2001, Pages 293-320

  McMaster, Robert T ^a   McMaster, Nancy D ^a  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beaver (Castor canadensis); Hydrology; Massachusetts; Wetland succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012189025     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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