Description of vegetation of the Oak Openings of northwestern Ohio at the time of Euro-American settlement

Ohio Journal of Science

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 76-85

  Brewer, Lawrence G ^a,b   Vankat, John L ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS; QUERCUS VELUTINA; VELUTINA;

EID: 10344249422     PISSN: 00300950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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