Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : conceptual framework for studies of the herbaceous layer / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts
  • Nutrient relations of the herbaceous layer in deciduous forest ecosystems / Robert N. Muller
  • Ecophysiology of the herbaceous layer in temperate deciduous forests / Howard S. Neufeld and Donald R. Young
  • Interactions of nutrient effects with other biotic factors in the herbaceous layer / Wendy B. Anderson
  • Populations of and threats to rare plants of the herb layer : more challenges and opportunities for conservation biologists / Claudia L. Jolls
  • The herbaceous layer of eastern old-growth deciduous forests / Brian C. McCarthy
  • Habitat heterogeneity and maintenance of species in understory communities / Susan W. Beatty
  • Interactions between the herbaceous layer and overstory canopy of eastern forests : a mechanism for linkage / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts
  • Temporal and spatial patterns of herbaceous layer communities in the North Carolina Piedmont / Norman L. Christensen and Frank S. Gilliam
  • Composition and dynamics of the understory vegetation in the boreal forest of Quebec / Louis De Grandpré [and others]
  • The herbaceous layer as a filter determining spatial pattern in forest tree regeneration / Lisa O. George and Fakhri A. Bazzaz
  • Invasions of forests in the eastern United States / James O. Luken
  • Response of the herbaceous layer to disturbance in eastern forests / Mark R. Roberts and Frank S. Gilliam
  • The dynamic nature of the herbaceous layer : synthesis and future directions for research / Frank S. Gilliam and Mark R. Roberts.