Restoration of midwest oak barrens: Structural manipulation or process-only?

Ecology and Society

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Nielsen, Scott ^a   Kirschbaum, Chad ^b   Haney, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

Author keywords

Carex pensylvanica; Diversity; Holdover species; Modal species; Oak barrens; Process only; Restoration; Savannas; Structural manipulation; Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CAREX PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 84879920986     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00536-070210     Document Type: Article

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