Competitive responses of seedlings and understory plants in longleaf pine woodlands: Separating canopy influences above and below ground

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 634-648

  Pecot, Stephen D ^a   Mitchell, Robert J ^b   Palik, Brian J ^b   Moser, E Barry ^c   Hiers, J Kevin ^d  

^a Silvics Solutions   (United States)

^b JOSEPH W JONES ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH CENTRAL RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); WEED CONTROL;

GAP-BASED APPROACHES; HERBACEOUS PLANTS; LONGLEAF PINE WOODLANDS;

SEED;

COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GAP DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; HERBICIDE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OVERSTORY; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

HERBICIDES; PINUS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS;

PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 34547911459     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-247     Document Type: Article

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