Influence of aspect and stand age on ground flora of southeastern Ohio forest ecosystems

Plant Ecology

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 177-187

  Olivero, Adele M ^a   Hix, David M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central hardwoods; Diversity; Herbaceous layer; Multi response permutation procedures (MRPP); Old growth; Ordination

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ASPECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST FLOOR; STAND STRUCTURE;

OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031672863     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009758501201     Document Type: Article

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