Role of evergreen understory shrub layer in the forests of the central Appalachian Highlands

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 208-223

  Chastain, Robert A ^a   Townsend, Philip A ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE INSTITUTE FOR SCIENCE AND EDUCATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Appalachian forests; Forest structure; Kalmia latifolia; Ordination; Rhododendron maximum

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DEFOLIATION; DICOTYLEDON; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; MOTH; PARASITE INFESTATION; SHRUB; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; MARYLAND; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

KALMIA LATIFOLIA; LYMANTRIA; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 77749319326     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/07-RA-016.1     Document Type: Article

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