Regeneration of three sympatric birch species on experimental hurricane blowdown microsites

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 99-120

  Carlton, G C ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula; Coexistence; Disturbance; Germination; Growth; Massachusetts; Microsites; Mo rtality; Mound pit complex; Regeneration; Seed dispersal; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

HURRICANE; MICRORELIEF; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

(EAST); UNITED STATES;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; BETULA PENDULA;

EID: 0031689270     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9615(1998)068[0099:ROTSBS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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