Fragmentation of forest communities in the eastern United States

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 85-93

  Riitters, Kurt H ^a   Coulston, John W ^a   Wickham, James D ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Edge effects; Indicators; Intact forest; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY VALUES; COMMUNITY GROUP; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST COMMUNITY; FOREST FRAGMENTATIONS; FOREST INVENTORY DATA; FOREST LAND; INTACT FOREST; INVASIVE SPECIES; LAND COVER; LAND MANAGEMENTS; PRIVATE LAND; PROXIMATE CAUSE; PUBLIC FORESTLAND; REGIONAL AREAS; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; SPATIAL SCALE; STAND COMPOSITION;

BIODIVERSITY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); LAND USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FORESTRY;

BIOINDICATOR; DOMINANCE; EDGE EFFECT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST FLOOR; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; LAND MANAGEMENT; LANDOWNERSHIP; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; PLANT COMMUNITY; PRIVATE LAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LAND USE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054686361     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.022     Document Type: Article

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