Below-ground resources limit seedling growth in forest understories but do not alter biomass distribution

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 319-330

  Machado, José Luis ^a,b   Walters, Michael B ^a,c   Reich, Peter B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conifer species; Field grown seedlings; Long term; Northern Wisconsin; Trenching

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CONIFEROUS TREE; GROWTH; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SHADING; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

CONIFERALES; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 0042200235     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003023     Document Type: Article

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