Factors influencing tree colonization in fragmented forests: An experimental study of introduced seeds and seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 191, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 39-59

  Hewitt, Nina ^a   Kellman, Martin ^b  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Eastern deciduous forest; Forest fragments; Natural disturbance; Seedling establishment; Tree migration

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; SEED;

COLONIZATION; SEEDLING TRANSPLANTATION;

FORESTRY;

COLONIZATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FORESTRY; FRAGMENTATION; MIGRATION; SEEDLING;

BETULA; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; CARYA; CARYA CORDIFORMIS; CARYA ILLINOINENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; JUGLANS; JUGLANS NIGRA;

EID: 1542681307     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2003.11.003     Document Type: Article

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