Relationships among vegetation, surficial geology and soil water content at the Pocono mesic till barrens

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 115-124

  Eberhardt, Robert W ^a,b   Latham, Roger Earl ^a  

^a SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative community states; Barrens; Ericaceae; Fire; Heathlands; Illinoian glacial till; Landscape; Multiple stable points; Natural communities; Pennsylvania; Pinus rigida; Quercus ilicifolia; Rhododendron canadense; Soil moisture; Species assemblages; Time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

BARREN; DROUGHT; FOREST; HYDROPHYTE; OAK; PINE; REFLECTOMETRY; SOIL WATER CONTENT; UNITED STATES; VEGETATION;

GEOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL WATER; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

LONG POND; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ENTOVALVA; ERICACEAE; ILLINOIA; PINUS CARIBAEA; PINUS RIGIDA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILICIFOLIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON CANADENSE;

EID: 0034177649     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088689     Document Type: Article

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