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Overstory composition and age as determinants of flora of central New England's woods

HF-ID: HF1987-18
Category: Research Files
Creator: Foster, D.R., Whitney, G.G.
Date: 1987-1988
Location: Harvard Forest, Pisgah State Forest (NH)
Media: Paper
Contents:
- Notes, data, drafts, manuscript for Journal of Ecology paper. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
Keywords: flora, land use history, old growth forests, succession
Abstract:
- SUMMARY
- (1) The vascular plant species composition of 190 woodland sites in central New
- England was analysed to determine the effects of overstorey composition and age on the
- understorey flora.
- (2) Multiway contingency table analysis suggested there were significant differences in
- the understorey flora of primary (old-growth) versus secondary (old-field) woods.
- Differences in the flora of conifer versus broadleaved woods were less pronounced.
- (3) A variety of factors, e.g. microclimatic conditions and the low seed production and
- poor colonizing ability of many species are probably responsible for the distinctive flora of
- central New England's primary woodlands.
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