Species loss over sixty-six years in the ground-layer vegetation of heart's content, and old-growth forest in Pennsylvania, USA

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-305

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deer browsing; Habitat degradation; Old growth; Species loss

Indexed keywords

FERN; GROUND-LAYER VEGETATION; HERBIVORY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES LOSS; WHITE-TAILED DEER;

USA, PENNSYLVANIA, ALLEGHENY NATIONAL FOREST, HEART'S CONTENT;

EID: 0031424289     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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