Local and regional variation in hemlock seedling establishment in forests of the upper Great Lakes region, USA

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 111, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 211-224

  Rooney, Thomas P ^a   Waller, Donald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes states; Natural regeneration; Regional variation; Seedling establishment; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032495123     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00333-8     Document Type: Article

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