Scaling species dynamics in Pinus palustris communities: Effects of pine straw raking

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 755-764

  Kelly, Lisa A ^a,b   Wentworth, Thomas R ^a   Brownie, Cavell ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT PEMBROKE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Floristic similarity; Longleaf pine; Repeated measure; Response curve; Spatial scale; Species gain; Species loss

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HARVESTING; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

(SOUTHEAST); UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0036910598     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2002.tb02105.x     Document Type: Article

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