Sapling growth and survivorship as a function of light in a mesic forest of southeast Texas, USA

Oecologia

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 428-435

  Lin, Jie ^a   Harcombe, Paul A ^a   Fulton, Mark R ^b   Hall, Rosine W ^c  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Mortality risk; Radial growth; Shade tolerance; Tree sapling

Indexed keywords

FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORTALITY; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036923364     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-002-0986-5     Document Type: Article

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