A case study of sugar maple (Acer saccharum) as a forest seedling bank species

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 287-296

  Marks, P L ^a   Gardescu, Sana ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Demography; Gap; Release; Seedling bank; Suppression; Understory tolerance

Indexed keywords

FOREST; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING;

NEW YORK; UNITED STATES;

ACER SACCHARUM;

EID: 0032446920     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2997242     Document Type: Article

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