Responses of herbs and shrubs to reduced root competition under canopies and in gaps: A trenching experiment in old-growth Douglas-fir forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 2052-2057

  Lindh, Briana C ^a   Gray, Andrew N ^b   Spies, Thomas A ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); RAIN; SOILS; VEGETATION;

ROOT TRENCHING;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HERB; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; ROOT COMPETITION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE;

ABIES; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0348108180     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-120     Document Type: Article

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