Nitrogen availability influences regeneration of temperate tree species in the understory seedling bank

Ecological Applications

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1056-1070

  Catovsky, S ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrasting stand types; Forest understory; Mixed conifer broad leaved forests; Nitrogen availability; Seedling bank; Seedling regeneration; Temperate forest community dynamics

Indexed keywords

MIXED FOREST; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; UNDERSTORY;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

ACER RUBRUM; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM MACULATUM; PICEA RUBENS; QUERCUS RUBRA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036707145     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012[1056:NAIROT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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