Where do conifers regenerate after selective harvest?. A case study from a New Zealand conifer-angiosperm forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 253, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 138-147

  Carswell, Fiona E ^a   Richardson, Sarah J ^a   Doherty, James E ^b   Allen, Robert B ^a   Wiser, Susan K ^a  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b Tu hoe Tuawhenua Trust   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Akaike's Information Criterion (AICc); Beilschmiedia tawa; Conifer angiosperm; Dacrycarpus dacrydioides; Dacrydium cupressinum; Disturbance; Prumnopitys ferruginea; Prumnopitys taxifolia; Regeneration; Soil nutrients

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; RESTORATION;

AKAIKE'S INFORMATION CRITERION; CONIFER-ANGIOSPERM; DACRYCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; PRUMNOPITYS TAXIFOLIA; SOIL NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

ANGIOSPERM; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HARVESTING; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL NUTRIENT;

BEILSCHMIEDIA TAWA; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; RESTORATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

BEILSCHMIEDIA TAWA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DACRYCARPUS DACRYDIOIDES; DACRYDIUM CUPRESSINUM; FILICOPHYTA; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PODOCARPACEAE; PRUMNOPITYS FERRUGINEA; PRUMNOPITYS TAXIFOLIA;

EID: 36148954667     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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