Mechanisms driving understory evergreen herb distributions across slope aspects: As derived from landscape position

Plant Ecology

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 297-308

  Warren II, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Bayesian; Climate; Community ecology; Piedmont; Southern Appalachian mountains

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CLIMATE CHANGE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; EVERGREEN TREE; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HERB; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; IRRADIANCE; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PIEDMONT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SLOPE; SOIL MOISTURE; UNDERSTORY;

GEORGIA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 50849103309     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9406-1     Document Type: Article

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