Plant community composition and relationships of disturbed and undisturbed alvar woodland

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 571-579

  Catling, Paul M ^a   Sinclair, Adrianne ^a   Cuddy, Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alvar; Biomass removal; Bulldozed; Burn; Canada; Fire; Flora; Great Lakes; Management; Ontario; Prescribed burn; Rare species; Soil; Species diversity; Succession

Indexed keywords

BURNING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; WOODLAND;

ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI; BROMUS KALMII; CALYSTEGIA; CALYSTEGIA SPITHAMEA; CAREX EBURNEA; CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYDALIS AUREA; CYPRIPEDIUM; CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM VAR. PUBESCENS; DRACOCEPHALUM PARVIFLORUM; FRANGULA ALNUS; GERANIUM BICKNELLII; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; POTENTILLA ARGENTEA; PRUNELLA VULGARIS; RHAMNUS; RHUS; SCUTELLARIA PARVULA; TOXICODENDRON RADICANS; UVA URSI; VERBASCUM THAPSUS; VIOLA ADUNCA; WALDSTEINIA FRAGARIOIDES;

EID: 0038701640     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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