Historical presence and distribution of prairies in the Black Belt of Mississippi and Alabama

Castanea

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 170-183

  Barone, John A ^a  

^a Columbus State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLORISTICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HISTORICAL RECORD; PRAIRIE; VEGETATION MAPPING;

ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 26844485416     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/0008-7475(2005)070[0170:HPADOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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