Vegetation community responses to different establishment regimes in loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantations in southern MS, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 257, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 553-560

  Jones, Phillip D ^a   Edwards, Scott L ^a   Demarais, Stephen ^a   Ezell, Andrew W ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diversity; Herbicide; Intensive management; Pine plantation; Species richness; Vegetation community

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTER OPERATING PROCEDURES; CROPS; ECOLOGY; HERBICIDES; OCEAN HABITATS; PEST CONTROL; VEGETATION; WEED CONTROL;

DIVERSITY; INTENSIVE MANAGEMENT; PINE PLANTATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COMMUNITY;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HERBICIDE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WEED CONTROL;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPUTERS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HERBICIDES; MANAGEMENT; PEST CONTROL; PINUS; PLANTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; WEED CONTROL;

MISSISSIPPI; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 56649097341     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.09.033     Document Type: Article

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