Coupling of vegetation layers and environmental influences in a mature, second-growth Central Hardwood forest landscape

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 720-729

  Martin, Katherine L ^a   Hix, David M ^b   Goebel, P Charles ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer; Eastern deciduous forest; Quercus; Southeastern Ohio; Structural equation modeling (SEM); Unglaciated Allegheny Plateau

Indexed keywords

ACER; DECIDUOUS FOREST; QUERCUS; SOUTHEASTERN OHIO; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; UNGLACIATED ALLEGHENY PLATEAU;

ASTATINE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; HARDWOODS; RESTORATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; ORDINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ACER; CARYA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION; FOREST FIRES; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARDWOODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OHIO; PLANTS; QUERCUS;

ALLEGHENY PLATEAU; APPALACHIAN PLATEAU; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

ACER; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 78651231122     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.001     Document Type: Article

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