The distribution of disturbance-dependent rare plants in a coastal Massachusetts sandplain: Implications for conservation and management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-16

  Clarke, Gretel L ^a   Patterson III, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation biology; Disturbance history; Environmental characteristics; Plant biogeography

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HABITAT TYPE; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

MANUEL CORRELLUS STATE FOREST; MARTHA'S VINEYARD; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ARISTIDA PURPURASCENS; LINUM INTERCURSUM; PRENANTHES SERPENTARIA; SCLERIA PAUCIFLORA; SISYRINCHIUM FUSCATUM;

EID: 33846486809     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.10.043     Document Type: Article

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