The gap dynamics of canopy trees of a Tsuga canadensis forest community

Northeastern Naturalist

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 391-406

  Rankin, W T ^a   Tramer, Elliot J ^b  

^a US Forest Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

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TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 0036910298     PISSN: 10926194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1656/1092-6194(2002)009[0391:TGDOCT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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