Legacies of the agricultural past in the forested present: An assessment of historical land-use effects on rich mesic forests

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 29, Issue 10-11, 2002, Pages 1401-1420

  Bellemare, Jesse ^a,b   Motzkin, Glenn ^a   Foster, David R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest herbs; Land use; Mixed Mesophytic Forest; Relict populations; Rich Mesic Forest; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SEED DISPERSAL;

UNITED STATES;

FORMICIDAE;

EID: 0036816896     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.2002.00762.x     Document Type: Article

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