A common species at the edge of its range: Conservation of bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia) and its low elevation rocky summit community in North Carolina (USA)

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-89

  Barden, Lawrence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bear oak; Fire; Local extinction; Piedmont prairies; Quercus ilicifolia

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREE;

UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA;

EID: 0033966042     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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