Influence of rocky landscape features and fire regime on vegetation dynamics in Appalachian Quercus forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 675-684

  Signell, Stephen A ^a,b   Abrams, Marc D ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance interaction; Habitat island; Outcrop; Patch; Pennsylvania; Periglacial; Ridge; Spatial refugium

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FIRE; GROUND COVER; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SITE EFFECT; SUCCESSION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA LENTA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; NYSSACEAE; QUERCUS; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 33845247516     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[675:IORLFA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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