Early spring leaf out enhances growth and survival of saplings in a temperate deciduous forest

Oecologia

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-286

  Augspurger, Carol K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Aesculus glabra; Canopy closure; Experimental shading; Leaf phenology

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

CANOPY; CARBON; DECIDUOUS FOREST; GROWTH; LEAF; PHENOLOGY; SAPLING; SURVIVAL;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; SAPINDACEAE; TREE; UNITED STATES;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARBON; ILLINOIS; LIGHT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT LEAVES; SAPINDACEAE; TREES;

ILLINOIS; NORTH AMERICA; TRELEASE WOODS; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; AESCULUS GLABRA; AESCULUS HIPPOCASTANUM;

EID: 43049094350     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-008-1000-7     Document Type: Article

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