Response of understory trees to experimental gaps in old-growth Douglas-fir forests

Ecological Applications

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 504-512

  Van Pelt, Robert ^a   Franklin, Jerry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies amabilis; Budbreak; Douglas fir; Elongation, branch and leader; Experimental gaps, understory response; Light distribution; Pacific silver fir; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Tsuga heterophylla; Understory environment; Western hemlock

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RESPONSE; MORTALITY;

ABIES AMABILIS; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 0033135192     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1999)009[0504:ROUTTE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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