Four decades of old field vegetation development and the role of Celastrus orbiculatus in the northeastern United States

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 483-492

  Fike, Jean ^a,b   Niering, William A ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

^b Bureau of Forestry   (United States)

Author keywords

Celastrus orbiculatus; Exotics; Long term study; Old field succession

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION HISTORY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACER RUBRUM; CELASTRUS; CELASTRUS ORBICULATUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; VITIS LABRUSCA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0033179924     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237183     Document Type: Article

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