Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity in the Great Smoky Mountains

Abstract Vegetation structural complexity and biodiversity tend to be positively correlated, but understanding of this relationship is limited in part by structural metrics tending to quantify only horizontal or vertical variation, and that do not reflect internal structure. We developed new metrics...

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Main Authors: Jonathan A. Walter, Atticus E. L. Stovall, Jeff W. Atkins
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2021-03-01
Series:Ecosphere
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3390