Conspecific and heterospecific plant-soil feedbacks influence survivorship and growth of temperate tree seedlings

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 408-418

  McCarthy Neumann, Sarah ^a   Kobe, Richard K ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community structure; Density dependence; Distance dependence; Janzen Connell; Light availability; Plant soil feedback; Species coexistence

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COEXISTENCE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSPECIFIC; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; PATHOGEN; SEEDLING; SHRUB; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATE FOREST; VULNERABILITY;

ACER; ACER RUBRUM; ACER SACCHARUM; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS AMERICANA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 77749292122     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2009.01620.x     Document Type: Article

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