Tree species composition and diversity and the abundance of exotics in forest fragments of the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Castanea

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 348-363

  Siderhurst, Leigh A ^a   Griscom, Heather P ^a   Kyger, Chas ^a   Stutzman, Julia ^a   Trumbo, Brad ^a  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exotic species; forest fragmentation; nonmetric multidimensional scaling (NMS); ordination analysis; species composition; species diversity

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLAY SOIL; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOMOGENEITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MORTALITY; ORDINATION; OVERSTORY; SANDY SOIL; SAPLING; SEEDLING; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; TAXONOMY;

SHENANDOAH VALLEY; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; CARYA; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; MICROSTEGIUM VIMINEUM; NYSSA; NYSSA SYLVATICA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84870918321     PISSN: 00087475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2179/11-021     Document Type: Article

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