Do remnant old-growth trees accelerate rates of succession in mature Douglas-fir forests?

Ecological Monographs

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 103-118

  Keeton, William S ^a,b   Franklin, Jerry F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Ecological succession; Forest trees; Old growth; Pacific Northwest forests (USA); Pseudotsuga menziesii; Regeneration; Remnant trees; Residual trees; Seed source; Stand development; Thuja plicata; Tsuga heterophylla

Indexed keywords

OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; JUNIPERUS VIRGINIANA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; THUJA PLICATA; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 14544291666     PISSN: 00129615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/03-0626     Document Type: Article

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