Diversity of an early successional plant community as influenced by ozone

New Phytologist

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 653-662

  Barbo, D N ^c   Chappelka, A H ^a   Somers, G L ^a   Miller Goodman, M S ^a   Stolte, K ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Ecology; Ecosystem structure; Native plants; Ozone; Plant community

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OZONE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

USA, ALABAMA, AUBORN;

RHUS COPALLINA; RUBUS CUNEIFOLIUS;

EID: 0031970192     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-8137.1998.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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