Soil texture, land-use intensity, and vegetation of Fort Benning upland forest sites

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 289-297

  Dilustro, John J ^a,b   Collins, Beverly S ^a   Duncan, Lisa K ^a   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b B ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Fort Benning; Pine oak hickory forests; Sandhills; Soil texture

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE; SOIL TEXTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FORT BENNING; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0036824547     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3088700     Document Type: Article

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