Urbanization and riparian forest woody communities: Diversity, composition, and structure within a metropolitan landscape

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 182-194

  Pennington, Derric N ^a   Hansel, James R ^b   Gorchov, David L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Disturbance; Exotic species; Indicator species; Land cover; Riparian forests; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOINDICATOR; CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST COVER; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND USE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; RIPARIAN FOREST; SETTLEMENT HISTORY; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY; URBANIZATION;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; LONICERA; LONICERA MAACKII;

EID: 71649086169     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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