Extant and potential vegetation of an old-growth maritime Ilex opaca forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 349-359

  Forrester, Jodi A ^a   Leopold, Donald J ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Gap regeneration; Ilex opaca; Maritime forest; Seed bank; Treefall gap; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST SOIL; GERMINATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; OVERSTORY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROPAGULE; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEED BANK; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION;

FIRE ISLAND; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AMELANCHIER CANADENSIS; HEDERA; ILEX; ILEX OPACA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; RHUS COPALLINUM; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 33745028359     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9045-8     Document Type: Article

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