Canopy gaps and the landscape mosaic in a coastal temperate rain forest

Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1254-1270

  Lertzman, Kenneth P ^a   Sutherland, Glenn D ^b   Inselberg, Alex ^c   Saunders, Sari C ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c RR1 S14 C1 ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps, developmental and edaphic; Edaphic mosaic; Natural disturbance; Temperate rain forest; Tree mortality

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; LANDSCAPE MOSAIC; RAINFOREST; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CLAYOQUOT SOUND;

EID: 0030418677     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2265594     Document Type: Article

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