Long-term patterns in vegetation-site relationships in a southern Appalachian forest

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 320-334

  Elliott, Katherine J ^a   Vose, James M ^a   Swank, Wayne T ^a   Bolstad, Paul V ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correspondence analysis; Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory; Species environment relationships

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SPECIES INVENTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

COWEETA HYDROLOGIC LABORATORY; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; COCCOIDEA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE; OXYDENDRUM ARBOREUM; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCINEA; QUERCUS PRINUS; QUERCUS VELUTINA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS; VELUTINA;

EID: 0033213527     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997316     Document Type: Article

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