The effects of disturbance intensity on temporal and spatial patterns of herb colonization in a southern New England mixed-oak forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 252, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 144-158

  Aikens, Melissa L ^a   Ellum, David ^a   McKenna, John J ^b   Kelty, Matthew J ^b   Ashton, Mark S ^a  

^a Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy opening; Disturbance intensity; Forest gap; Herbaceous layer; Mixed oak forest; Regeneration; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; REDUCTION;

CANOPY OPENING; DISTURBANCE INTENSITY; FOREST GAP; HERBACEOUS LAYER;

FORESTRY;

COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HERB; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; UNDERSTORY;

FOREST CANOPY; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CAREX PENSYLVANICA; DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; MITCHELLA REPENS; POACEAE; RUBUS ALLEGHENIENSIS; RUBUS IDAEUS; TRIENTALIS BOREALIS;

EID: 35448982784     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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