Effects of the past and the present on species distribution: Land-use history and demography of wintergreen

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 303-316

  Donohue, Kathleen ^a,b   Foster, David R ^a   Motzkin, Glenn ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clonal growth; Demographic effects of land use history; Distributional restrictions; Environmental alterations; Gaultheria procumbens; Historical constraints on species distribution

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FLOWERING; GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMINATION; GROWTH RATE; LAND USE; MORTALITY; PERSISTENCE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT GROWTH;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAND USE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS; PYROLA; QUERCUS;

EID: 0034016165     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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