Short-term effects of pine straw raking on plant species richness and composition of longleaf pine communities

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 233-247

  Kelly, Lisa A ^a   Wentworth, Thomas R ^a   Brownie, Cavell ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Croatan National Forest; Pine savannas; Pine straw; Pinus palustris Mill.; Raking; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034159963     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00133-4     Document Type: Article

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