Species traits as generalized predictors of forest community response to human disturbance

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 723-730

  Mabry, Catherine M ^a   Fraterrigo, Jennifer M ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional traits; Habitat specialization; Human disturbance; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGERS; OCEAN HABITATS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; DISTURBANCE GRADIENTS; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; FOREST CHANGES; FOREST COMMUNITIES; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; HABITAT SPECIALIZATION; HUMAN DISTURBANCE; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; IN PLANTS; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAITS; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSES; SPECIES COMPOSITIONS; TEMPORAL CHANGES; VEGETATION CHANGE;

ECOLOGY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS;

IOWA; MASSACHUSETTS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 56649086621     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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