Fine-scale environmental variation and structure of understorey plant communities in two old-growth pine forests

Agriculture & Biology

• old-growth forests 100%
• coniferous forests 80%
• understory 76%
• plant communities 72%
• Pinus strobus 29%
• shrubs 27%
• Eurybia macrophylla 22%
• community structure 20%
• Corylus cornuta 20%
• herbs 19%
• Corylus 16%
• Pinus resinosa 15%
• Betula papyrifera 15%
• Acer rubrum 14%
• stand structure 14%
• overstory 13%
• boreal forests 12%
• forest litter 12%
• forest stands 12%
• soil depth 11%
• mineralization 10%
• cluster analysis 9%
• canopy 8%
• history 8%
• nitrogen 6%
• soil 5%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• understory 80%
• plant community 72%
• pine 64%
• shrub 29%
• herb 22%
• community structure 18%
• stand structure 13%
• forest floor 12%
• soil depth 11%
• boreal forest 10%
• cluster analysis 10%
• plant species 9%
• canopy 8%
• disturbance 7%
• nitrogen 6%
• history 6%
• soil 4%
• effect 2%