Plant succession and tree architecture: An attempt at reconciling two scales of analysis of vegetation dynamics

Acta Biotheoretica

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-22

  Millet, Jeanne ^a   Bouchard, André ^a   Édelin, Claude ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SCALE; SUCCESSION; TREE ARCHITECTURE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 0031597691     PISSN: 00015342     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1000824319202     Document Type: Article

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