Scale-dependence of environmental effects on species richness in oak savannas

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 917-920

  Weiher, Evan ^a   Howe, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Disturbance; Fire; Grain size; Oak savanna; Scale; Soil organic matter; Tree canopy

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; SAVANNA; SCALE EFFECT; SPECIES RICHNESS;

CHIPPEWA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

QUERCUS;

EID: 1142269703     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2003.tb02226.x     Document Type: Article

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