Root system differences among species: Implications for early successional changes in forests of Western Oregon

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-108

  Antos, Joseph A ^a   Halpern, Charles B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0030739341     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426658     Document Type: Article

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