Changes in southern appalachian canopy tree gaps sampled thrice

Ecology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1768-1780

  Runkle, James R ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Border trees; Canopy gaps; Fagus grandifolia; Halesia carolina; Long term studies; Old growth forests; Repeated disturbance, impacts on vegetation species; Southern Appalachians (USA); Tree species, relative growth and survival; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; HALESIA CAROLINA;

EID: 0031828680     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1998)079[1768:CISACT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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