Effects of prescribed fire and thinning on the spatial heterogeneity of the seed bank in a mixed oak forest

Natural Areas Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 320-331

  Schelling, Lisa R ^a   McCarthy, Brian C ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest management; Moran's I; Prescribed fire; Soil seed bank; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST COVER; MIXED FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEED BANK; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA;

CAREX; ERECHTITES HIERACIIFOLIA; RUBUS;

EID: 35949001361     PISSN: 08858608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3375/0885-8608(2007)27[320:EOPFAT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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