Feedbacks between canopy composition and seedling regeneration in mixed conifer broad-leaved forests

Oikos

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 403-420

  Catovsky, S ^a   Bazzaz, F A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ECOSYSTEM STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; MIXED FOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING;

UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS RUBRA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036744191     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.980305.x     Document Type: Article

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