Growth strategies of main trees and forest architecture of a Fagus-Magnolia forest in Florida, USA

Vegetatio

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-49

  Peters, Rob ^a   Platt, William J ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest structure; Hurricane; Patch type; Regeneration; Tree replacement

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST ARCHITECTURE; GROWTH STRATEGY; HURRICANE;

USA, FLORIDA;

FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; ILEX OPACA; LIQUIDAMBAR STYRACIFLUA; MAGNOLIA GRANDIFLORA; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA; PINUS GLABRA;

EID: 0029730310     PISSN: 00423106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00044886     Document Type: Article

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