Relations between density of rhododendron thickets and diversity of riparian forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 21-32

  Baker, T T ^a   Van Lear, D H ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Regeneration; Rhododendron maximum; Riparian; Species richness; Succession; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

UNITED STATES;

RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 0032538116     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00259-X     Document Type: Article

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