Effects of forest roads on understory plants in a managed hardwood landscape

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 411-419

  Watkins, Radley Z ^a   Chen, Jiquan ^b   Pickens, Jim ^a   Brosofske, Kimberley D ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISPERSAL; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; ROAD CONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0043262894     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01285.x     Document Type: Article

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