Spatial pattern in herb diversity and abundance of second growth mixed deciduous-evergreen forest of southern New England, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1416-1426

  Ellum, David S ^a   Ashton, Mark S ^b   Siccama, Thomas G ^b  

^a WARREN WILSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Aralia nudicaulis; Cover type; Disturbance; Kalmia latifolia; Land use; Logging; Maianthemum canadense; Old field; Pinus strobus; Quercus spp.; Site; Slope position; Species richness; Timber harvest; Trientalis borealis; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

BOREALIS; COVER TYPES; LATIFOLIA; OLD-FIELD; QUERCUS SPP; SLOPE POSITIONS; SPECIES RICHNESS; TIMBER HARVESTS; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; LOGGING (FORESTRY); MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TIMBER; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

CLONAL ORGANISM; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; EVERGREEN FOREST; FLORISTICS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LOGGING (TIMBER); MIXED FOREST; OLD FIELD; OVERSTORY; SECONDARY FOREST; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TIMBER HARVESTING; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTORY;

AGRICULTURE; ARALIA; BIODIVERSITY; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; LAND USE; LOGGING; PINUS STROBUS; REFORESTATION; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ARALIA; ARALIA NUDICAULIS; CONIUM; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; MAIANTHEMUM; MAIANTHEMUM CANADENSE; MITCHELLA REPENS; PINUS STROBUS; QUERCUS; SMILAX; TRIENTALIS BOREALIS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 77649272297     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.011     Document Type: Article

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