Richness and diversity of oak savanna in Northwestern Ohio: Proximity to possible sources of propagules

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Brewer, Lawrence G ^a,b   Vankat, John L ^a,c  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROPAGULE; SAVANNA; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32644449759     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2006)155[0001:RADOOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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