Demography of a shade-tolerant tree (Fagus grandifolia) in a hurricane-disturbed forest

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 38-53

  Batista, William B ^a,b   Platt, William J ^a   Macchiavellli, Raui E ^a,c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Beech; Demography; Disturbance; Fagus grandifolia; Florida; Hurricane; Matrix population model; Southern mixed hardwood forest

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST; HURRICANE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TREE;

FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

DICOTYLEDONEAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA;

EID: 0031660098     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0038:doastt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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