Confirmation of oak recruitment failure in Indiana old-growth forest: 75 Years of data

Forest Science

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 406-416

  Aldrich, Preston R ^a,b   Parker, George R ^a   Romero Severson, Jeanne ^a,c   Michler, Charles H ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Dbh; Disturbance; Edge effect; Regeneration; Size class; Succession

Indexed keywords

FIRES; POPULATION STATISTICS;

DIAMETER DISTRIBUTIONS; EDGE EFFECTS; NONOAK STEMS; PURDUE UNIVERSITY; REGENERATION; SHADE-INTOLERANCE; SIZE CLASSES; SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY;

DBH; FIRES; FORESTS; QUERCUS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 26844471142     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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