Regeneration strategies of dominant boreal forest dwarf shrubs in response to selective removal of understorey layers

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Hautala, H ^a,b   Tolvanen, A ^a   Nuortila, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ramet; Recovery; Seedling; Sexual reproduction; Shoot; Vaccinium myrtillus; Vaccinium vitisidaea

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; REGENERATION; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; UNDERSTORY;

BRYOPHYTA; IDAEA; MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS; VITIS SP.;

EID: 0034760189     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237002     Document Type: Article

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