Resource Division in an Understory Herb Community: Responses to Temporal and Microtopographic Gradients
Bratton SP. 1976. Resource Division in an Understory Herb Community: Responses to Temporal and Microtopographic Gradients. The American Naturalist. 110(974):679-693
'This study investigates understory response to two types of microgradients-seasonal change and microtopography--in a species-rich cove hardwood forest.' The study site was in Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Porters Flat in the Greenbrier Cove area). From the conclusion: 'Although light and other environmental factors may be important to the distributions of understory species, microtopography is probably the major influence on the occurrence of clumps of the dominant herbaceous species.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Bratton, Susan
- Units
- GRSM
- Keywords
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park NC TN, Greenbrier Cove, Habitats, hardwood forest, Microhabitats, Plant Studies, Porters Flat, Understory