Quercus michauxii regeneration in and around aging canopy gaps

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1359-1364

  Battaglia, L L ^a   Collins, B S ^b   Weisenhorn, P B ^c  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; MOISTURE; RESEARCH; SOILS; WIND;

MICROTOPOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS; SOIL MOISTURE; WINDSTORMS;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; GAP DYNAMICS; SOIL MOISTURE; WINDTHROW;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; QUERCUS MICHAUXII; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS MICHAUXII;

EID: 4544229041     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X04-019     Document Type: Article

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