Individual variation in acorn production by five species of southern Appalachian oaks

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 132, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 199-210

  Greenberg, Cathryn H ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorns; Oak; Southern appalachian oaks

Indexed keywords

ACORN; OAK; PRODUCTIVITY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034235512     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00226-1     Document Type: Article

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