Subcanopy gaps in temperate and tropical forests

Austral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 163-168

  Connell, Joseph H ^a   Lowman, Margaret D ^b   Noble, Ian R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MARIE SELBY BOTANICAL GARDENS   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Below ground gap; Canopy gap; Forests; Light regime; Soil resources; Subcanopy gap; Understorey gap

Indexed keywords

EID: 17444388941     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.1997.tb00655.x     Document Type: Article

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