Responses of early successional northern hardwood forests to changes in nutrient availability

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-212

  Fahey, Timothy J ^a   Battles, John J ^b   Wilson, Geoffrey F ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Birch; Canopy architecture; Co limitation; Competition; Leaf area index; Northern hardwood forests; Photosynthesis; Pin cherry; Productivity; Prunus pensylvanica; Resorption; Specific leaf area

Indexed keywords

FOREST; GROWTH RESPONSE; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PIONEER SPECIES;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PRUNUS PENSYLVANICA;

EID: 0031667726     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1998)068[0183:ROESNH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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