Mechanical land clearing to promote establishment of coastal sandplain grassland and shrubland communities

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 220-232

  Lezberg, Ann L ^a,b   Buresch, Kendra ^c   Neill, Christopher ^a   Chase, Tom ^c  

^a ECOSYSTEMS CENTER   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex pensylvanica; Clearcut logging; Coastal oak forest; Coastal sandplain; Conservation and management; Gaylussacia baccata; Heathlands; Massachusetts; New England; Sandplain grassland; Schizachyrium scoparium; Vegetation dynamic

Indexed keywords

CLEARCUTTING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GRASSLAND; HEATHLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY;

MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX PENSYLVANICA; GAYLUSSACIA BACCATA; SCHIZACHYRIUM SCOPARIUM;

EID: 33646788028     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2006.00124.x     Document Type: Article

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