HISTORICAL TIDAL FOREST COMPOSITION AND CONTEMPORARY WOODY RECRUITMENT FOLLOWING DAM REMOVAL FROM A MID-ATLANTIC COASTAL PLAIN TIDAL FRESHWATER WETLAND

Tidal freshwater forest restoration after dam removal has been unexplored to date. This study elucidated pre-dam forest composition, as well as post-dam edaphic and microtopographical attributes and woody species recruiting along a narrow ecotone of a 29.3-ha tidal freshwater wetland. The ≈65-year-o...

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Main Author: Ward, Richard E., Jr.
Format: Others
Published: VCU Scholars Compass 2014
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Online Access:http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/3546
http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4530&context=etd