A simulation model of the impacts of green-tree reservoir management on bottomland hardwood seedling growth and survival

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 87, Issue 1-3, 1996, Pages 69-82

  King, Sammy L ^a,b   Grant, William E ^b  

^a US National Biological Service   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest ecosystems; Growth, plant; Management strategies; Regeneration; Wetland ecosystems

Indexed keywords

GREEN-TREE RESERVOIR; MANAGEMENT;

FAGACEAE; QUERCUS LYRATA; QUERCUS PHELLOS; ULMUS;

EID: 0030484485     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3800(94)00206-1     Document Type: Article

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