Forest vegetation of the Kentucky Karst Plain (Kentucky and Tennessee): Review and synthesis

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 124, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 322-335

  Baskin, Jerry M ^a,b   Chester, Edward W ^b   Baskin, Carol C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST VEGETATION; MODELLING; PLANT ASSOCIATIONS; TOPOGRAPHIC-MOISTURE GRADIENT;

KENTUCKY KARST PLAIN; USA;

EID: 0031461337     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997268     Document Type: Review

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