Seasonal and successional understory vascular plant diversity in second-growth hardwood clearcuts of western Maryland, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 119, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 217-230

  Yorks, Thad E ^a   Dabydeen, Simon ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clearcut; Species diversity; Species richness; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033612501     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00525-8     Document Type: Article

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