Promotion of mid-successional seedling recruitment and establishment by Juniperus virginiana in a coastal environment

Plant Ecology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 125-135

  Joy, Deirdre A ^a   Young, Donald R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barrier Island; Bird Dispersal; Facilitation; Juniperus virginiana; Succession

Indexed keywords

INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PASSERIFORMES; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; SASSAFRAS; SASSAFRAS ALBIDUM;

EID: 0036074197     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015812923216     Document Type: Article

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