Comparison of gaps and intact shrub thickets on an Atlantic coast barrier island

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-77

  Crawford, Edward R ^a   Young, Donald R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; FOREST; SUCCESSION;

USA; VIRGINIA;

MORELLA CERIFERA; MYRICA; MYRICA CERIFERA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 0031874267     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1998)140[0068:COGAIS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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