Are lianas increasing in importance in temperate floodplain forests in the southeastern United States?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 242, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Allen, Bruce P ^a   Sharitz, Rebecca R ^b   Goebel, P Charles ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest development patterns; Lianas; Old growth

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; RIVERS; UNITED STATES;

FLOODPLAIN FORESTS; FOREST DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS; LIANAS; NONFRAGMENTED FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FUNCTIONAL CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SECONDARY FOREST; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE ENVIRONMENT; VINE;

FLOODS; FORESTS; RIVERS; UNITED STATES;

CONGAREE NATIONAL PARK; NORTH AMERICA; SAVANNAH RIVER; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947241388     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.027     Document Type: Article

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