Understory species patterns and diversity in old-growth and managed northern hardwood forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 1329-1343

  Scheller, Robert M ^a   Mladenoff, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coarse woody debris; Effects of logging; Forest management; Light; Northern hardwood forests; Plant diversity; Spatial patterning; Sylvania Wilderness Area, Michigan, USA; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIGHT; LOGGING (TIMBER); OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0036825839     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1329:USPADI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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