Competitive interactions between tree species in New Zealand's old-growth indigenous forests

Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2560-2573

  Leathwick, J R ^a   Austin, M P ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Broad leaved evergreen; Climate variables; Conifer; GAM regression; Generalized additive model; Interspecific competition; Landform; New Zealand; Nothofagus; Old growth forest; Removal experiment; Temperature gradient

Indexed keywords

DISJUNCT DISTRIBUTION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REMOVAL EXPERIMENT; TEMPERATURE;

NEW ZEALAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 0034803153     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2001)082[2560:CIBTSI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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