Influence of inundation potential and forest overstory on the ground-layer vegetation of Allegheny Plateau riparian forests

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 323-338

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

^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

BIOMASS; CANOPY; FLOOD FREQUENCY; PLANT COMMUNITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; RIPARIA; TRACHEOPHYTA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0033045262     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(1999)141[0323:IOIPAF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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