Habitat fragmentation and demographic change for a common plant: Trillium in old-growth forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1645-1656

  Jules, Erik S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcutting; Edge effects; Extinction; Habitat fragmentation; Island biogeography; Plant demography; Plant diversity; Siskiyou Mountains; Trillium ovatum

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

OREGON; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

TRILLIUM OVATUM;

EID: 0031828987     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1645:HFADCF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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