Tree seedling growth and survival over 6 years across different microsites in a temperate rain forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 910-918

  Bellingham, P J ^a   Richardson, S J ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; PROBABILITY;

MORTALITY RATES; PODOCARPUS DENSITIES; SEEDLING DENSITIES; TREE SEEDLING GROWTH;

FORESTRY;

MORTALITY; RAINFOREST; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST; TREE;

GROWTH; MORTALITY; PODOCARPUS HALLII; PROBABILITY; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

FILICOPHYTA; PODOCARPUS; PODOCARPUS HALLII; QUINTINIA; QUINTINIA ACUTIFOLIA; WEINMANNIA; WEINMANNIA RACEMOSA;

EID: 33746041784     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X05-308     Document Type: Article

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