Forest vegetation and soil patterns across glade-forest ecotones in the Knobs region of northeastern Kentucky, USA

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-10

  Rhoades, C C ^a,b   Miller, S P ^a,c   Skinner, D L ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTONE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SOIL-VEGETATION INTERACTION;

CROOKED CREEK BARRENS STATE NATURE PRESERVE; KENTUCKY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERCIS CANADENSIS; CYPERACEAE; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 22744454151     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)154[0001:FVASPA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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