Neighbourhood effects in forests: Implications for within-stand patch structure

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 149-161

  Frelich, Lee E ^a   Sugita, Shinya ^a   Reich, Peter B ^a   Davis, Margaret B ^a   Friedman, Steven K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Community assembly; Neighbourhood effects; Patch formation; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT;

FOREST STRUCTURE; MODELLING; NEIGHBOURHOOD EFFECT; PATCH STRUCTURE;

EID: 0031952103     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.1998.00244.x     Document Type: Article

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