Structure and pattern in temperate seasonal forests

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 117-138

  Quigley, Martin F ^b   Platt, William J ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EASTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deciduous forests; disturbance; Gap phase dynamics; Stratification; Understory pattern

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST STRUCTURE; HURRICANE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0029661223     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00118266     Document Type: Article

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