Temporal patterns of woody species diversity in a central Appalachian forest from 1856 to 1997

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 149-161

  Schuler, Thomas M ^a   Gillespie, Andrew R ^b  

^a USDA Forest Service Northeastern Research Station Parsons   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Diversity; Forest vegetation; Quercus rubra; West Virginia

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION HISTORY; WOODY PLANT;

APPALACHIANS; UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0034176268     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088692     Document Type: Article

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