Changes in ground-layer vegetation near trails in Midwestern US. forests

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 14-23

  Adkison, Gregory P ^a,b   Jackson, Marion T ^a,c  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOOTPATH; FOREST COMMUNITY; GROUND VEGETATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

USA, INDIANA, PINE HILLS NATURE PRESERVE; USA, INDIANA, ROCKY HOLLOW-FALLS CANYON NATURE PRESERVE;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM;

EID: 0029661240     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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