Diversity, Invasibility, and Stability of Appalachian Forests across an Experimental Disturbance Gradient
For this dissertation, I measured how plant communities in Appalachian forests responded to disturbances caused by forest management activities. I had two primary objectives including (1) testing theories of biological diversity and invasions by nonnative species; and (2) providing empirical data th...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29020 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09182008-232754/ |