Flowering of understory herbs following thinning in the western Cascades, Oregon

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 929-936

  Lindh, Briana C ^a  

^a WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Flowering; Forest; Herb; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Thinning; Understory

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY;

BASAL AREA; CARBON ALLOCATION; DEGREE OF REDUCTION; DOUGLAS FIRS; FLOWERING; FOREST; FOREST STANDS; HERB; HERB SPECIES; LIGHT LEVELS; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; LOW-INTENSITY; OLD-GROWTH; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RESOURCE LEVELING; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

FORESTRY;

COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FLOWERING; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

CARBON; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FORESTS; HERBS; REDUCTION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THINNING;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

HIERACIUM ALBIFLORUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; TRILLIUM; TRILLIUM OVATUM;

EID: 48849093102     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.055     Document Type: Article

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