Linking past land use, recent disturbance, and dispersal mechanism to forest composition

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1647-1656

  Brown, Carissa D ^a   Boutin, Céline ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal mechanism; Forest conservation; NMS ordination; Past land use; Recent disturbance

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 67349090182     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.035     Document Type: Article

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