Seedling recruitment in a northern temperate forest: The relative importance of supply and establishment limitation

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 978-989

  Caspersen, John P ^a   Saprunoff, Megan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SUBSTRATES;

ACER SACCHARUM MARSH.; FECUNDITY; FOREST COMMUNITIES; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

SEED;

LIMITING FACTOR; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SEEDLINGS; SUBSTRATES; TREES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA ALLEGHANIENSIS; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 22744451807     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x05-024     Document Type: Article

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