Physical damage by litterfall to canopy tree seedlings in two temperate New Zealand forests

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 671-676

  Gillman, Len N ^a   Ogden, John ^b  

^a AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Artificial seedling; Evergreen forest; Microdisturbance; Mortality; Tree fern

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTERFALL; MORTALITY; SEEDLING;

NEW ZEALAND;

FILICOPHYTA;

EID: 0035654934     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236907     Document Type: Article

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