Long-term impacts of deer exclosures on mixed-oak forest composition at the Valley Forge National Historical Park, Pennsylvania, USA

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 167-180

  Abrams, Marc D ^a   Johnson, Sarah E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Land use history; Microstegium vimineum; Odocoileus virginianus; Quercus; Valley Forge National Historical Park

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; GRASS; HERB; INVASIVE SPECIES; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; CERVIDAE; EMBRYOPHYTA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; LIGUSTRUM; LINDERA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; LONICERA; MICROSTEGIUM; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; NYSSA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS MONTANA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM; TRACHEOPHYTA; VIBURNUM;

EID: 84864680892     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/TORREY-D-11-00075.1     Document Type: Article

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