Tree canopy displacement and neighborhood interactions

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1323-1330

  Muth, Christine C ^a,b   Bazzaz, F A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GROWTH KINETICS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

FOREST COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; TREE CANOPY DISPLACEMENT;

FORESTRY;

BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; DISPLACEMENT; FOREST CANOPY; GROWTH RATE;

EID: 3042839342     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/x03-045     Document Type: Article

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