Structure and composition of riparian boreal forest: New methods for analyzing edge influence

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 649-659

  Harper, K A ^a   Macdonald, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Edge effects; Forest structure; Heterogeneity; Randomization test; Riparian forest; Understory composition, wavelet analysis

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; EDGE EFFECT; RIPARIAN VEGETATION;

RIPARIA;

EID: 0035104637     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[0649:SACORB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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