Lack of disturbance as an explanation for the additive basal area phenomenon in a stratified Afrotemperate forest

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Lawes, M J ^a   Midgley, J J ^b   Boudreau, S ^a   Griffiths, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Competition; Disturbance; Emergent; Longevity; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

GYMNOSPERMAE;

EID: 33745176555     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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