The influence of overstory trees and abiotic factors on the sapling community in an old-growth Fagus-Acer forest

Ecoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 386-396

  Arii, Ken ^a   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Canonical correspondence analysis; Fagus grandifolia; Forest dynamic; Old growth forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; OVERSTORY; SAPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; TREE;

CANADA; QUEBEC;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SACCHARUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 0036385113     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.2002.11682726     Document Type: Article

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