Age distribution of ramets of a forest herb, Wild Sarsaparilla, Aralia nudicaulis (Araliaceae)

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-44

  Whitman, Andrew A ^a,b   Hunter Jr , Malcolm L ^a   Witham, Jack W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^b Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences   (United States)

^c Holt Research Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Age distributions; Aralia nudicaulis; Araliaceae; Canopy disturbance; Maine; Recruitment; Wild Sarsaparilla

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BIOSPHERE; DISTRIBUTION; RAMET;

ARALIA NUDICAULIS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANOPY; DISTURBANCE; FOREST; RAMET; RECRUITMENT;

USA, MAINE;

EID: 0031971281     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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