Vegetation composition, structure and soil properties across coastal forest-barren ecotones

Plant Ecology

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 279-296

  Burley, Scott T ^a   Harper, Karen A ^b   Lundholm, Jeremy T ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Contagion; Forest edges; Forest succession; Heathland; Landscape dynamics; Nucleation; Rock barrens

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DISPERSAL; ECOTONE; FOREST COVER; HEATHLAND; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PLANT; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 78650695297     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-010-9789-7     Document Type: Article

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