Old-growth northern hardwood forests: Spatial autocorrelation and patterns of understory vegetation

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 487-503

  Miller, Todd F ^a,b   Mladenoff, David J ^a   Clayton, Murray K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Dispersion index; Forest herb; Forest understory; Old growth northern hardwood forest; Resource management; Sampling strategy and spatial analysis; Seed dispersal; Spatial autocorrelation; Sylvania Wilderness Area (Upper Michigan, USA)

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SAMPLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

MICHIGAN; OTTAWA NATIONAL FOREST; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FORMICIDAE; SACCHARUM;

EID: 0036879072     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(2002)072[0487:OGNHFS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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