Historical change in vegetation and disturbance on the Georgia piedmont

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-89

  Cowell, C Mark ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC IMPACT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; PIEDMONT; VEGETATION CHANGE;

GEORGIA; USA;

CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; PINUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS STELLATA; QUERCUS VELUTINA; VELUTINA;

EID: 0031851934     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0078:HCIVAD]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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