Landscape hierarchies influence riparian ground-flora communities in Wisconsin, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 230, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 43-54

  Goebel, P Charles ^a   Pregitzer, Kurt S ^a   Palik, Brian J ^b  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Floodplains; Lake States; Ordination; Riparian areas; Streamside forests; Valley floor landforms

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WOOD;

FLOODPLAINS; LAKE STATES; ORDINATION; RIPARIAN AREAS; STREAMSIDE FORESTS; VALLEY FLOOR LANDFORMS;

BIODIVERSITY;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FLOODING; FLOODPLAIN; FLORA; GLACIAL LANDFORM; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; TERRACE; TOPOGRAPHY; VALLEY; WETLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; WOOD;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

PTERIDOPHYTA;

EID: 33745207582     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.04.035     Document Type: Article

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