Effects of disturbance frequency, species traits and resprouting on directional succession in an individual-based model of forest dynamics

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1028-1036

  Caplat, Paul ^a,b   Anand, Madhur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance regime; Fire; Great Lakes forest; Paper birch; Patch dynamics; Sugar maple; Vegetative reproduction; White pine

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST FIRE; PATCH DYNAMICS; RESPROUTING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUCCESSION; VEGETATIVE REPRODUCTION;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; BETULA PAPYRIFERA; PINUS STROBUS;

EID: 68849097964     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01541.x     Document Type: Article

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