Changes in understory light regime in a beech-maple forest after a severe ice storm

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1770-1776

  Arii, Ken ^a,b   Lechowicz, Martin J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORTH AMERICA; SOILS; STORMS;

CANOPY; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; SOIL SURFACE;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ICE STORM; LIGHT; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY; NORTH AMERICA; SOIL;

NORTH AMERICA;

ACER; FAGUS;

EID: 34547955800     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X07-024     Document Type: Article

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