Restoration of a forest understory after the removal of an invasive shrub, Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii)

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-165

  Hartman, Kurt M ^a   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest ecology; Invasive species; Non native; Ohio; Recruitment; Restoration ecology; Seedlings; Succession; Tree tubes; Understory

Indexed keywords

FOREST; FOREST FLOOR; INVASIVE SPECIES; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; UNDERSTORY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

CERCIS CANADENSIS; CERVIDAE; CORNUS; CORNUS FLORIDA; FRAXINUS; JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MUEHLENBERGII;

EID: 3042684171     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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