Species Diversity and Composition in Old Growth and Second Growth Rich Coves of The Southern Appalachian Mountains

Because of ongoing debate over the long term impacts of logging, we conducted a study to assess if second growth (70 ± 10 years) rich coves differ from old growth rich coves (> 125 years) in species diversity or composition. We sampled twenty-six 0.1 ha plots, representing these two age classes....

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