Survival of tree seedlings across space and time: Estimates from long-term count data

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1177-1184

  Beckage, Brian ^a   Lavine, Michael ^b   Clark, James S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrum; Bayesian statistics; Canopy gaps; Forest dynamics; Rhododendron maximum; Seedling survival; Spatial variability; Storage effect; Temporal variability; Tree diversity

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON MAXIMUM;

EID: 33745279567     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2005.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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