Impacts of contrasting land-use history on composition, soils, and development of mixed-oak, coastal plain forests on Shelter Island, New York

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-52

  Abrams, Marc D ^a   Hayes, Vanessa L W ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Disturbance; Fire; Invasive; Plowed layer; Smilax; White tailed deer

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COASTAL PLAIN; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DOMINANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GRAZING; INVASIVE SPECIES; ISLAND; LAND USE; MIXED FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION;

NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; SHELTER ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CARYA GLABRA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; QUERCUS VELUTINA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; SMILAX;

EID: 44049096344     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/07-RA-040R.1     Document Type: Article

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