Environmental causes and consequences of forest clearance and agricultural abandonment in central New York, USA

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 439-452

  Flinn, Kathryn M ^a   Vellend, Mark ^a,b   Marks, P L ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b Natl Ctr Ecol Anal and Synthesis   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Disturbance; Forest history; Geographic information system (GIS); Land use; Landscape; Soil; Spatial autocorrelation; Topography

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GIS; LAND USE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; TOMPKINS COUNTY; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15944396481     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2004.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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