The fern understory as an ecological filter: Growth and survival of canopy-tree seedlings

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 846-856

  George, Lisa O ^a   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Advance regeneration; Betula alleghaniensis; Dennstaedtia punctilobula; Ecological filter; Fern understory; Forest regeneration; Harvard Forest, Massachusetts, USA; Osmundia claytonia; Quercus rubra; Seedling bank; Tree seedlings, growth and survival

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERN; GROWTH; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CLAYTONIA; DENNSTAEDTIA PUNCTILOBULA; FILICOPHYTA; INSECTA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 0032949224     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[0846:TFUAAE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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