The trade-off between flood- and shade-tolerance: A mortality episode in Carpinus caroliniana in a floodplain forest, Texas

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 739-746

  Mann, Lisa E ^a   Harcombe, Paul A ^b   Elsik, I Sandra ^a   Hall, Rosine B W ^b  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottomland hardwood forest; Flood tolerance; Forest dynamics; Trade off; Tree population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; DICOTYLEDON; FLOODPLAIN FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SHADE TOLERANCE; TRADE-OFF;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

BETULACEAE; CARPINUS; CARPINUS CAROLINIANA;

EID: 65249102226     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18460     Document Type: Article

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