Microsite controls on tree seedling establishment in conifer forest canopy gaps

Ecology

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2458-2473

  Gray, Andrew N ^a,b   Spies, Thomas A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies amabilis; Canopy gaps; Disturbance; Heterogeneity; Microsites; Old growth forest; Pacific Northwest; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Seedling establishment; Succession; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS FOREST; HETEROGENEITY; MICROHABITAT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

ABIES; ABIES AMABILIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0031403978     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1997)078[2458:MCOTSE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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