Facilitative and competitive effects of a N-fixing shrub on white fir saplings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 233, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-107

  Oakley, Brian B ^a   North, Malcolm P ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Sierra Nevada Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Fire suppression; Forest regeneration; Mixed conifer; Nitrogen fixation; Plant competition; Shade tolerance; Soil fertility

Indexed keywords

MOISTURE; NITROGEN FIXATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

FIRE SUPPRESSION; FOREST REGENERATION; MIXED CONIFER; PLANT COMPETITION; SHADE TOERANCE; SOIL FERTILITY;

FORESTRY;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST; GROWTH RATE; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHRUB; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL MOISTURE;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; PLANTS; SOIL;

ANDALUCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ABIES GRANDIS; ARCTOSTAPHYLOS PATULA; CEANOTHUS; CEANOTHUS CORDULATUS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33747372210     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.014     Document Type: Article

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