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Title The herbaceous layer in forests of eastern North America / edited by Frank S. Gilliam, Mark R. Roberts
Published New York : Oxford University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 408 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction : conceptual framework for studies of the herbaceous layer / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts -- Nutrient relations of the herbaceous layer in deciduous forest ecosystems / Robert N. Muller -- Ecophysiology of the herbaceous layer in temperate deciduous forests / Howard S. Neufeld and Donald R. Young -- Interactions of nutrient effects with other biotic factors in the herbaceous layer / Wendy B. Anderson -- Populations of and threats to rare plants of the herb layer : more challenges and opportunities for conservation biologists / Claudia L. Jolls -- The herbaceous layer of eastern old-growth deciduous forests / Brian C. McCarthy -- Habitat heterogeneity and maintenance of species in understory communities / Susan W. Beatty -- Interactions between the herbaceous layer and overstory canopy of eastern forests : a mechanism for linkage / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts -- Temporal and spatial patterns of herbaceous layer communities in the North Carolina Piedmont / Norman L. Christensen and Frank S. Gilliam -- Composition and dynamics of the understory vegetation in the boreal forest of Quebec / Louis De Grandpré [and others] -- The herbaceous layer as a filter determining spatial pattern in forest tree regeneration / Lisa O. George and Fakhri A. Bazzaz -- Invasions of forests in the eastern United States / James O. Luken -- Response of the herbaceous layer to disturbance in eastern forests / Mark R. Roberts and Frank S. Gilliam -- The dynamic nature of the herbaceous layer : synthesis and future directions for research / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts
Summary Focusing on the herbaceous layer of eastern forests, this volume combines perspectives from different levels of biological organization (ecophysiology to ecosystems) and forest types (from the eastern boreal forest to southeastern pine forests) into a synthesis of our knowledge of the ecology
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-400)
Notes English
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Subject Forest plants -- East (U.S.)
Forest plants -- Ecology -- East (U.S.)
Forest plants -- Canada, Eastern
Forest plants -- Ecology -- Canada, Eastern
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
Forest plants
Forest plants -- Ecology
Eastern Canada
East United States
Form Electronic book
Author Gilliam, Frank S., 1954-
Roberts, Mark R., 1950-
ISBN 1423762207
9781423762201
1602569886
9781602569881
1280481528
9781280481529
9786610481521
6610481520