Carbon limitation leads to suppression of first year oak seedlings beneath evergreen understory shrubs in Southern Appalachian hardwood forests

Plant Ecology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 131-142

  Beier, Colin M ^a,d   Horton, Jonathan L ^a,c   Walker, John F ^a   Clinton, Barton D ^b   Nilsen, Erik T ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT ASHEVILLE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deep shade; Herbivory; Inhibition; Kalmia; Quercus; Rhododendron

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HERBIVORY; INHIBITION; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING;

APPALACHIANS; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

KALMIA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; QUERCUS; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 21244468390     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-004-0119-9     Document Type: Article

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