Seedling establishment in relation to microhabitat variation in a windthrow gap in a boreal Pinus sylvestris forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 551-562

  Kuuluvainen, Timo ^a   Juntunen, Pauli ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Betula; Competition; Disturbance; Gap regeneration; Heterogeneity; Patch dynamics; Pinus sylvestris; Regeneration niche; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

BETULA; CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 0031742685     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237271     Document Type: Conference Paper

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