Changes in older and younger woods in west-central Ohio

Ohio Journal of Science

Volumn 105, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 116-124

  Runkle, James R ^a   Fairbanks, Lisa A ^a   Armstrong, Keelan H ^a   Campbell, Timothy S ^a   Espenschied Reilly, Amanda L ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT COMMUNITY;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACACIA; ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; QUERCUS; ROBINIA; ROBINIA PSEUDO-ACACIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 32544454967     PISSN: 00300950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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