Artificially regenerating longleaf pine in canopy gaps: Initial survival and growth during a year of drought

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 25-36

  Rodríguez Trejo, Dante Arturo ^a   Duryea, Mary L ^b   White, Timothy L ^c   English, Jeff R ^c   McGuire, John ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA CHAPINGO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbances; Exclusionary zone; Fertilization; Nitrogen; Pinus palustris; Restoration

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; ECOLOGY; FERTILIZERS; SEED;

FERTILIZATION;

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; DROUGHT; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL;

UNITED STATES;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0038607703     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00557-1     Document Type: Article

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