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Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research
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Year Published
1997
Publication
Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research; 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 378 p.
Abstract
Describes the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Projects (MOFEP) that was initiated in 1991 in southeastern Missouri. Describes in detail the coordinated research studies examining vegetation dynamics, down wood, fungi, birds, small mammals, herpetofauna, invertebrates, and genetics. Soils, geolandforms, ecological landtypes, and climate at the sites are described. Provides extensive baseline data on forest plant and animal communities. Pdf file includes a map, ~ 38x25", of MOFEP study sites.
Keywords
ecosystem management vegetation dynamics coarse woody debris neotropical migrant birds herpetofauna Armillaria small mammals forest soils geolandforms insects synthesis ecologyCitation
Brookshire, Brian L.; Shifley, Stephen R., eds. 1997. Proceedings of the Missouri Ozark Forest Ecosystem Project Symposium: an experimental approach to landscape research. 1997 June 3-5; St. Louis, MO. General Technical Report NC-193. St. Paul, MN: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station. 378 p.