Hedgerows as habitat corridors for forest herbs in central New York, USA

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-232

  Corbit, Margaret ^a   Marks, P L ^a   Gardescu, Sana ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Colonization; Dispersal; Forest restoration; Isolation; Landscape ecology

Indexed keywords

UNITED STATES;

ABUNDANCE; HABITAT CORRIDOR; HEDGEROW; HERB; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032933090     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1999.00339.x     Document Type: Article

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