Self-thinning in early postfire chaparral succession: Mechanisms, implications, and a combined approach

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 579-586

  Guo, Qinfeng ^a,b   Rundel, Philip W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

California chaparral; Competition; Postfire succession; Regression slopes; Self thinning law; Upper thinning boundary

Indexed keywords

CHAPARRAL; FIRE; SELF-THINNING; SUCCESSION;

CALIFORNIA; SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031817737     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[0579:STIEPC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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