Effects of the Past and Present on Species Distributions: Land-use History and Demography of Wintergreen
- HF-ID: HF1997-20
- Category: Research Files
- Creator: Donahue, K., Foster, D.R., Motzkin, G.
- Date: 1997
- Location: Montague Plain (Montague MA)
- Media: Paper
- Contents:
- Draft copy of manuscript, correspondence. 1 File Folder. 8.5 inches x 11 inches.
- Keywords: land use history, shrubs, seedlings
- Abstract:
- Past land use can influence species distributional patterns for decades or even centuries as a consequence of (1) alterations in resources and environmental conditions that have persistent adverse effects of population demography ("environmental change"), (2) intrinsic limitations in plant colonization ability ("historical factors"), or (3) a combination of these factors.
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