The seed bank of hemlock forests: Implications for forest regeneration following hemlock decline

Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 393-402

  Sullivan, Kelley A ^a   Ellison, Aaron M ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Betula; Birch; Hemlock; Hemlock woolly adelgid; Regeneration; Seed bank; Tsuga canadensis

Indexed keywords

APHID; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EVERGREEN TREE; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES RICHNESS;

NEW ENGLAND; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; BETULA; BETULA LENTA; BETULA NIGRA; CAREX PENSYLVANICA; CONIUM; CONIUM MACULATUM; RUBUS; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 33846094039     PISSN: 10955674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3159/1095-5674(2006)133[393:TSBOHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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