Historical patterns of oak population expansion in the Chautauqua Hills, Kansas

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 41, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2105-2114

  Rogers, Thomas R ^a   Russell, F Leland ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Quercus marilandica; Quercus stellata; Age structure; Cross Timbers; Fire ecology; Kansas; Mesophication; Tree recruitment; Woodland dynamics; Woody plant encroachment

Indexed keywords

QUERCUS MARILANDICA; QUERCUS STELLATA;

EID: 84908343344     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12360     Document Type: Article

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