Long-term effects of establishment practices on plant communities across successive rotations in a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) plantation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1548-1556

  Jeffries, Stephanie B ^a   Wentworth, Thomas R ^a   Allen, H Lee ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest management; Herbaceous layer; Silviculture; Succession; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBACEOUS LAYER; SILVICULTURE; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY; HARVESTING; ROTATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; SUSTAINABILITY; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT;

NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

PINUS TAEDA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77957010561     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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