Long-term success of stump sprouts in high-graded baldcypress-water tupelo swamps in the Mississippi delta

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 234, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 24-33

  Keim, Richard F ^a   Chambers, Jim L ^a   Hughes, Melinda S ^a   Dimov, Luben D ^b   Conner, William H ^c   Shaffer, Gary P ^d   Gardiner, Emile S ^e   Day Jr , John W ^f  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALABAMA A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CENTER FOR BOTTOMLAND HARDWOODS RESEARCH   (United States)

^f LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested wetlands; Regeneration; Swamp forests

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BALDCYPRESS STUMP SPROUTS; FORESTED WETLANDS; SWAMP FORESTS;

WETLANDS;

CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; REGENERATION; RIPARIAN FOREST; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE; WATER DEPTH;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SPROUTS; WETLANDS;

LOUISIANA; MISSISSIPPI DELTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NYSSA AQUATICA; NYSSACEAE; TAXODIUM; TAXODIUM DISTICHUM;

EID: 33748766857     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.06.015     Document Type: Article

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