Edges, exotics and deer: The seed bank of a suburban secondary successional temperate deciduous forest

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 571-584

  Beauchamp, Vanessa B ^a   Ghuznavi, Nureen ^a   Koontz, Stephanie M ^a   Roberts, Roland P ^a  

^a TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AIC; Browse; Liriodendron tulipifera; S rensen; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ACER; CERVIDAE; FAGUS; LIRIODENDRON; LIRIODENDRON TULIPIFERA; QUERCUS;

EID: 84884350304     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/avsc.12036     Document Type: Article

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