Interpreting recruitment limitation in forests

American Journal of Botany

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-16

  Clark, J S ^a   Beckage, B ^a   Camill, P ^a   Cleveland, B ^a   HilleRisLambers, J ^a   Lichter, J ^a   McLachlan, J ^a   Mohan, J ^a   Wyckoff, P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Establishment; Fecundity; Forest dynamics; Mortality; Population growth; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIMITING FACTOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT;

EID: 0033301922     PISSN: 00029122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2656950     Document Type: Article

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