Structure of herbaceous plant assemblages in a forested riparian landscape

Plant Ecology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-16

  Lyon, Jonathan ^a,b   Sagers, Cynthia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b EDGEWOOD COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotone; Gradient analysis; Riparian vegetation; Species richness; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031666845     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009705912710     Document Type: Article

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