Is oak establishment in old-fields and savanna openings context dependent?

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 309-320

  Dickie, Ian A ^a,b   Schnitzer, S A ^a,c   Reich, P B ^a   Hobbie, S E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Facilitation; Forest dynamics; Herbaceous vegetation; Mycorrhiza; Nitrogen; Succession; Water

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECTOMYCORRHIZA; FACILITATION; FOREST DYNAMICS; HERB; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUTRIENT LIMITATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; OLD FIELD; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SITE EFFECT; SOIL NITROGEN; SUCCESSION; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

QUERCUS ELLIPSOIDALIS; QUERCUS MACROCARPA; QUERCUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 33846897413     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2006.01202.x     Document Type: Article

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