Patterns of plant diversity in overbrowsed primary and mature secondary hemlock-northern hardwood forest stands

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-51

  Rooney, Thomas P ^a,c   Dress, William J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity measurements; Erythronium americanurn; Fagus grandifolia; Forest floor; Herb stratum; Herbaceous species; Odocoileus virginianus; Oxalis acetosella; Pennsylvania; Prunus serotina; Tree seedlings; Tsuga canadensis; White tailed deer browsing

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CERVIDAE; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; ERYTHRONIUM; ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OXALIS MONTANA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; RIPARIA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0030811041     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2996597     Document Type: Article

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