Re-establishment of three dominant herbaceous understory species following fine-scale disturbance in a Catskill northern hardwood forest

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-44

  Tessier, Jack T ^a  

^a CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catskill mountains; Disturbance; Dryopteris intermedia; Lycopodium lucidulum; Northern hardwood forest; Oxalis acetosella; Understory; Unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; FERN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; UNDERSTORY;

APPALACHIANS; CATSKILL MOUNTAINS; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS INTERMEDIA; HUPERZIA LUCIDULA; LYCOPODIUM; OXALIS ACETOSELLA;

EID: 34250890082     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2007)134[34:ROTDHU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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