Temporal and spatial patterns of woody plant establishment in Michigan old fields

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 229-243

  Foster, Bryan L ^a   Gross, Katherine L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

OLD FIELD; PLANT COMMUNITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUCCESSION; WOODY PLANT;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

AVES; HEDERA; RHUS TYPHINA;

EID: 0032711705     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)142[0229:TASPOW]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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