Relationships of exotic plant communities with native vegetation, environmental factors, disturbance, and landscape ecosystems of Pinus ponderosa forests, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 271, Issue , 2012, Pages 65-74

  Abella, Scott R ^a   Cayenne Engel, E ^a   Springer, Judith D ^b   Wallace Covington, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ecological land classification; Ecosystem classification; Ponderosa pine; Soil; Species richness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DISTRIBUTION; DISTURBANCE VARIABLES; ECOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; ECOSYSTEM CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; EXOTIC PLANTS; EXOTIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOLOGY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST LANDSCAPE; HISTORY OF USE; MULTIPLE REGRESSIONS; NORTHERN ARIZONA; PINUS PONDEROSA; PONDEROSA PINE; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; REGRESSION MODEL; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEED; SOILS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; INVASIVE SPECIES; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTS; PINUS PONDEROSA; PLANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEEDS; SOIL; USA;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PONDEROSA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84857396317     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.035     Document Type: Article

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