Understory vegetation composition and abundance in relation to light, water, and nutrient supply gradients in upland oak woodlands

Elizabeth K. Olson; John M. Kabrick

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Understory vegetation composition and abundance in relation to light, water, and nutrient supply gradients in upland oak woodlands

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Authors:

Elizabeth K. Olson, John M. Kabrick

Year:

2014

Type:

Abstract

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

In: Groninger, John W.; Holzmueller, Eric J.; Nielsen, Clayton K.; Dey, Daniel C., eds. Proceedings, 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2014 March 10-12; Carbondale, IL. General Technical Report NRS-P-142. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 63-66.

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Abstract

The Ozark Highlands of Missouri have experienced a complicated series of exploitive events (Flader 2004). The area was heavily cut over for timber at the turn of the last century and was overgrazed by privately owned livestock through the early 1900s. Decades of fire suppression since the 1940s further altered plant composition and structure. The current state of forest and woodland herbaceous communities may be quite unlike those seen historically.

Parent Publication

Proceedings 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference

Citation

Olson, Elizabeth K.; Kabrick, John M. 2014. Understory vegetation composition and abundance in relation to light, water, and nutrient supply gradients in upland oak woodlands. In: Groninger, John W.; Holzmueller, Eric J.; Nielsen, Clayton K.; Dey, Daniel C., eds. Proceedings, 19th Central Hardwood Forest Conference; 2014 March 10-12; Carbondale, IL. General Technical Report NRS-P-142. Newtown Square, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station: 63-66.