Long-term spatial dynamics in an old-growth deciduous forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-202

  Ward, Jeffrey S ^a   Parker, George R ^b   Ferrandino, Francis J ^a  

^a Connecticut Agric Exp Station ^*  (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clark and Evans's index; Density dependent mortality; G function; Ripley's L function; Spatial dynamics

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL PATTERN;

USA, INDIANA, DAVIS-PURDUE RESEARCH FOREST;

EID: 0030176705     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1127(96)03722-X     Document Type: Article

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