Forest plant diversity at local and landscape scales in the Cascade Mountains of southwestern Washington

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 323-341

  Brockway, Dale G ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

A. grandis (Dougl.) Lindl.; Abies amabilis (Dougl.) Forbes; Old growth; Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco; T. mertensiana (Bong.) Carr.; Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032538138     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00266-7     Document Type: Article

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