Evaluating relationships among tree growth rate, shade tolerance, and browse tolerance following disturbance in an eastern deciduous forest

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2460-2469

  Krueger, Lisa M ^a   Peterson, Chris J ^a   Royo, Alejandro ^b   Carson, Walter P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION OF SPECIES; CONCEPTUAL MODEL; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DRIVING FORCES; ENHANCED GROWTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST SUCCESSION; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT PERFORMANCE; SEEDLING GROWTH; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPECIES TURNOVER; TREE GROWTH; TREE SPECIES; WHITE-TAILED DEER; WINDTHROWS; WOODY SPECIES;

PLANT LIFE EXTENSION;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DEER; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FOREST DYNAMICS; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERBIVORY; INTERSPECIFIC VARIATION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; WINDTHROW;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; SHADES; TREES;

CERVIDAE; FAGUS; FAGUS GRANDIFOLIA; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS;

EID: 72649083916     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X09-155     Document Type: Article

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