Conifer seedling response to northern temperate forest gaps

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 127, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 249-269

  Coates, K Dave ^a  

^a RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gap size; Growth; Planting; Position in gap; Regeneration; Silvicultural system; Small scale disturbance

Indexed keywords

GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST;

EID: 0034159881     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00135-8     Document Type: Article

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