Species diversity and small-scale disturbance in an old-growth temperate forest: A consideration of gap partitioning concepts

Oikos

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 562-568

  Busing, Richard T ^a   White, Peter S ^b  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GAP PARTITIONING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPECIES RICHNESS;

USA, APPALACHIANS;

EID: 0030618213     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3545618     Document Type: Article

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