Heterogeneity influences spatial patterns and demographics in forest stands

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 807-820

  Getzin, Stephan ^a   Wiegand, Thorsten ^b   Wiegand, Kerstin ^a   He, Fangliang ^c  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Case control; Dispersal strategies; Inhomogeneous pair correlation function; Large scale heterogeneity; Point pattern analysis; Succession; Western hemlock

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

CONIUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TSUGA HETEROPHYLLA;

EID: 44949098464     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01377.x     Document Type: Article

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