Canopy feedbacks and microtopography regulate conifer seedling distribution in two Minnesota conifer-deciduous forests

Ecoscience

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 353-364

  Cornett, Meredith W ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a   Puettmann, Klaus J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy type; Conifer regeneration; Feedbacks; Microfeature; Microsite heterogeneity; Microtopography; Mixed species forests

Indexed keywords

ABIES BALSAMEA; ACRONICTA LEPORINA; BETULA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS; BETULACEAE; CUPRESSACEAE; PINACEAE; SALICACEAE;

CANOPY FEEDBACK; MICROTOPOGRAPHY; MIXED FOREST; SEEDLING DISTRIBUTION;

USA, MINNESOTA;

EID: 0031393850     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1997.11682414     Document Type: Article

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