Eighteen years of herbaceous layer recovery of a recreation area in a mesic forest

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 230-239

  Gibson, David J ^a   Adams, Eric D ^a   Ely, Joseph S ^a   Gustafson, Danny J ^a   McEwen, Douglas ^a   Evans, Tracy R ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Exotic species; Illinois; Mesic forests; Recreation; Succession; Trampling

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGENERATION;

FERNE CLYFFE STATE PARK; ILLINOIS; UNITED STATES;

CAREX JAMESII; FESTUCA PRATENSIS; MUHLENBERGIA SYLVATICA; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA; POA ANNUA;

EID: 0034234002     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088760     Document Type: Article

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