Response of herbaceous plant diversity to reduced structural diversity in maple-dominated (Acer saccharum Marsh.) forests managed for sap extraction

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 231, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 94-104

  Lenière, Alexandre ^a   Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Environmental variables; Forest management; Path analysis; Spatial variability; Species richness; Structural diversity; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; PATH ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIODIVERSITY; COMPLEXITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST SOIL; HERB; PATH ANALYSIS; PH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ACER SACCHARINUM; BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 33745925900     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.05.024     Document Type: Article

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