Loss of oak dominance in dry-mesic deciduous forests predicted by gap capture methods

Plant Ecology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-88

  Taylor, Scott O ^a,b   Lorimer, Craig G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Gap capture; Oak forest; Quercus; Southern Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FOREST CANOPY;

UNITED STATES;

ACER; CARYA; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; CARYA OVATA; MALVACEAE; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA; TILIA; ULMUS; ULMUS RUBRA;

EID: 0038380530     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1023975026261     Document Type: Article

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