Forest patch size, land use, and mesic forest herbs in the French Broad River Basin, North Carolina

Castanea

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 382-395

  Pearson, Scott M ^a   Smith, Alan B ^a   Turner, Monica G ^b  

^a MARS HILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LAND USE; PATCH SIZE; PLANT COMMUNITY;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

DISPORUM; DISPORUM MACULATUM; FILICOPHYTA; FORMICIDAE; PROSARTES MACULATA; UVULARIA GRANDIFLORA;

EID: 0032413237     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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