Overstory and herbaceous layer of a riparian savanna in northwestern Pennsylvania

Castanea

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 90-97

  Williams, Charles E ^a   Moriarity, William J ^b   Walters, Gary L ^c  

^a CLARION UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Southeast Regional Office   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SAVANNA; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

AMELANCHIER ARBOREA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 0032880886     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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