Vegetation composition along a New England transmission line corridor and its implications for other trophic levels
Abstract
We measured plant diversity and cover for powerline and woodland plots along a 140-km ROW corridor. Mean plant richness in powerline plots was nearly twice that of woodland plots. Non-native invasive species cover was low in both powerline and woodland plots. We examine bottom-up implications of powerline plants for specialist Lepidoptera and bees. Powerline ROWs serve an important role in conservation of early successional plants and wildlife.
- Publication:
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Forest Ecology and Management
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.04.026
- Bibcode:
- 2014ForEM.327..231W
- Keywords:
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- Plant diversity;
- Managed habitats;
- Rare species;
- Oligolectic bees;
- Non-native invasive species;
- Powerline