The role of canopy gaps in maintaining vascular plant diversity at a forested wetland in New York State1

From: Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society | Date: July 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 129(3), 2002, pp. 238-250

ANDERSON, K.L., AND D.J. LEOPOLD (SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY 13210). The role of canopy gaps in maintaining vascular plant diversity at a forested wetland in New York State. J. Torrey Bot. Soc. 129:238-250. 2002.-We studied species diversity and composition of herbaceous layer vascular plant communities under closed canopies and within gaps in a central New York conifer swamp. Our study site, Nelson Swamp, has high documented species richness and supports a large number of ...

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