Long-term change in ground-layer vegetation of deciduous forests of the North Carolina Piedmont, USA

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 202-213

  Taverna, Kristin ^a,b   Peet, Robert K ^a   Phillips, Laura C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation   (United States)

Author keywords

Climax; Forest dynamics; Long term change; Succession; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

CLIMAX; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; LONG-TERM CHANGE; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

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

CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 13544263406     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00965.x     Document Type: Article

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