Patterns in species composition and diversity along intermittent creeks in the Missouri Ozarks

Cindy E. Becker; Stephen G. Pallardy

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Patterns in species composition and diversity along intermittent creeks in the Missouri Ozarks

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Cindy E. Becker, Stephen G. Pallardy

Year:

2003

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 134-135

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Abstract

The southeast Missouri Ozarks is a rugged, deeply dissected landscape. Intermittent creeks are commonly found throughout the region, yet our understanding of this ecosystem component is poor. Landform features, flooding frequency, and flooding duration are variables known to affect vegetation distribution patterns along perennial systems. We investigated if these variables, and/or the geological substrate and parent material, could also be used to explain distribution patterns of natural communities and species groups along intermittent creeks in the southeast Missouri Ozarks.

Parent Publication

13th Central Hardwoods Forest Conference

Citation

Becker, Cindy E.; Pallardy, Stephen G. 2003. Patterns in species composition and diversity along intermittent creeks in the Missouri Ozarks. In: Van Sambeek, J. W.; Dawson, Jeffery O.; Ponder Jr., Felix; Loewenstein, Edward F.; Fralish, James S., eds. Proceedings of the 13th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; Gen. Tech. Rep. NC-234. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Research Station: 134-135