Floristic conservation value, nested understory floras, and the development of second-growth forest

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1351-1366

  Spyreas, Greg ^a   Matthews, Jeffrey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Basal area; Canopy cover; Coefficient of conservatism; Fire suppression; Floristic quality assessment; Herbaceous layer; Livestock grazing; Nestedness; Overstory structure; Temperate deciduous forest; True forest plants

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION STATUS; FLORISTICS; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; LIVESTOCK; NESTEDNESS; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CARYA;

EID: 33747150136     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2006)016[1351:FCVNUF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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