Regional patterns of local diversity of trees: Associations with anthropogenic disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 33-44

  Stapanian, Martin A ^a   Cassell, David L ^b   Cline, Steven P ^b  

^a Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Local; Probability sampling; Regional; Silviculture; Species richness; Trees; United States

Indexed keywords

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; PINUS TAEDA; QUERCUS; FAGACEAE; JUGLANDACEAE; PINACEAE;

DISTURBANCE; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; REGIONAL PATTERN; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE;

USA;

EID: 0030613044     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(96)03944-8     Document Type: Article

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