Ecophysiology of seedlings of oaks and red maple across a topographic gradient in eastern Kentucky

Forest Science

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 335-342

  Barton, Andrew M ^a,b   Gleeson, Scott K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

forest dynamics; gas exchange; plant distribution; Succession; water relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029840647     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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