Changes in the floodplain forest vegetation of the Lower Wisconsin River over the last fifty years

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 454-476

  Hale, Brack W ^a,b   Alsum, Esther M ^a   Adams, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b International Relations and Political Science   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; HERBIVORY; REGENERATION; RIVER MANAGEMENT; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING; VEGETATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN; WISCONSIN RIVER;

ACER SACCHARINUM; CARYA CORDIFORMIS; CELTIS; CERVIDAE; POPULUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; SALIX; ULMUS; ZANTHOXYLUM;

EID: 54949144374     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2008)160[454:CITFFV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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