Assessing the relationships between stand development and understory vegetation using a 420-year chronosequence

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2384-2393

  Jules, Maureen J ^a   Sawyer, John O ^a   Jules, Erik S ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy closure; Chronosequence; Old growth forest; Species richness; Timber harvest; Understory herbs

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GEOLOGY; HARVESTING; TIMBER;

CANOPY CLOSURE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; OLD-GROWTH FORESTS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVEST; UNDERSTORY HERBS;

VEGETATION;

CHRONOSEQUENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TIMBER HARVESTING; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTS; GEOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; SISKIYOU MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 41949103942     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.042     Document Type: Article

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