Stand-age, stand characteristics, and landform effects on understory herbaceous communities in southern Appalachian cove-hardwoods

Biological Conservation

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 237-246

  Ford, W Mark ^a   Odom, Richard H ^b   Hale, Philip E ^c   Chapman, Brian R ^c  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Westvaco Forest Resources Div   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cove hardwood; Herbaceous understory; Landform; Landscape connectivity; Southern Appalachians; Stand age

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; LANDFORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

DISPORUM LANUGINOSUM; LYSIMACHIA QUADRIFOLIA; POTENTILLA CANADENSIS; TIARELLA CORDIFOLIA;

EID: 0034013981     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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