Rich Mesic Forests: Edaphic and physiographic drivers of community variation in Western Massachusetts

Rhodora

Volumn 107, Issue 931, 2005, Pages 239-283

  Bellemare, J ^a,b   Motzkin, G ^a   Foster, D R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Forest herbs; Mixed Mesophytic Forest; Rich Mesic Forest; Species richness; Western Massachusetts

Indexed keywords

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ALLIUM SATIVUM; ALLIUM TRICOCCUM; CAULOPHYLLUM; CAULOPHYLLUM THALICTROIDES; DICENTRA CUCULLARIA; POLYSTICHUM; POLYSTICHUM ACROSTICHOIDES; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 27944455681     PISSN: 00354902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3119/0035-4902(2005)107[0239:RMFEAP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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