Relationship between plant species richness and biomass in a coastal Maine Quercus-Pinus forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 755-762

  White, Alan S ^a   Witham, Jack W ^a   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a   Kimball, Alan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Oak; Pine; Pinus strobus; Quercus rubra; Regression model

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0032724392     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237091     Document Type: Article

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