Growth pattern of Picea rubens prior to canopy recruitment

Plant Ecology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 245-253

  Wu, Xinyuan ^a   McCormick, J Frank ^b   Busing, Richard T ^c  

^a Dept Rangeland Ecol Mgmt Texas A ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy disturbance regime; Great Smoky Mountains; Radial growth; Red spruce; Suppression and release

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; RECRUITMENT;

GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 0032936065     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009723326707     Document Type: Article

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