Responses of ground flora to a gradient of harvest intensity in the Missouri Ozarks

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 326-334

  Zenner, Eric K ^a   Kabrick, John M ^b   Jensen, Randy G ^c   Peck, Jerilynn E ^a   Grabner, Jennifer K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecology; Forest management; Ground flora; Ground vegetation; Landscape management; Missouri flora; MOFEP; Ozark flora; Silviculture; Species richness

Indexed keywords

SEED; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

FOREST ECOLOGY; GROUND FLORA; GROUND VEGETATION; LAND MANAGEMENT; MISSOURI FLORA; MOFEP; OZARK FLORA; SPECIES RICHNESS;

HARVESTING;

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FOREST FLOOR; GROUND COVER; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SILVICULTURE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 31444438336     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.027     Document Type: Article

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