Successional vegetation on abandoned cultivated and pastured land in Tompkins County, New York

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 150-164

  Stover, Marian E ^a,b   Marks, P L ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Agricultural history; Apple; Crataegus; Disturbance ecology; Exotics; Forest understory taxa; Landscape history; Malus pumila; Old field succession; Pasture; Pinus strobus; Secondary succession; TWINSPAN

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; OLD FIELD; OLD PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

NEW YORK; TOMPKINS COUNTY; USA;

ACER RUBRUM; CORNUS RACEMOSA; CRATAEGUS; FRAXINUA AMERICANA; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; MALUS; PINUS STROBUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; VIBURNUM DENTATUM;

EID: 0031836504     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997302     Document Type: Article

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