Comparison of restored and mature bottomland hardwood forests of southwestern Kentucky

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 111-123

  Shear, Theodore H ^a   Lent, Thomas J ^b   Fraver, Shawn ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Cuerpo de Paz   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOTTOMLAND FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; MATURE FOREST; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RESTORED FOREST;

USA, KENTUCKY;

EID: 0030424754     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.1996.tb00113.x     Document Type: Review

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