Relationships between Pinus ponderosa forest structure, light characteristics, and understory graminoid species presence and abundance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 124, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 205-215

  Naumburg, Elke ^a   Dewald, Laura E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Direct sunlight; Forest structure; Grass abundance; Grass presence; Shade

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; GRASS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY;

PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 0033530806     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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