Temporal patterns of vascular plant diversity in southeastern New Hampshire forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 185, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 5-20

  Howard, Lauren F ^a   Lee, Thomas D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronosequence; Community dynamics; Ecology; Evenness; Forests; Light; Old field succession; Richness; Shade tolerance; Southeastern New Hampshire; Species diversity; Transition hardwoods

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FARMS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROBABILITY; SAMPLING; SEED;

VASCULAR PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; OLD FIELD; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; VASCULAR PLANT;

DURHAM; NEW HAMPSHIRE; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0242410717     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00243-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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