Understory plant community response after 23 years of hardwood control treatments in natural longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1047-1054

  Kush, John S ^b   Meldahl, Ralph S ^b   Boyer, William D ^a  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

HARDWOOD CONTROL TREATMENTS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; UNDERSTORY PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM CHANGE; UNDERSTORY;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0033493405     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x99-063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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