Potential impacts of timber harvesting on a rare understory plant, Clematis hirsutissima var. arizonica

Biological Conservation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 49-61

  Maschinski, Joyce ^a   Kolb, Thomas E ^b   Smith, Edward ^c   Phillips, Barbara ^d  

^a Arboretum at Flagstaff   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLEMATIS HIRSUTISSIMA; CLEMATIS; CLEMATIS HIRSUTISSIMA ARIZONICA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; RANUNCULACEAE;

ARIZONA LEATHERFLOWER; LITTER ACCUMULATION; SHADE;

EID: 0031107130     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00087-0     Document Type: Article

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