Competition and regeneration in quaking aspen-white fir (Populus tremuloides-Abies concolor) forests in the Northern Sierra Nevada, USA

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-519

  Pierce, Andrew D ^a   Taylor, Alan H ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aspen regeneration; Canopy cover; Competition indices; Fire disturbance; Lassen National Forest; Linear mixed models; Point pattern analysis; Succession

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MIXED FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; STAND STRUCTURE; TREE RING;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES CONCOLOR; ABIES GRANDIS; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 77950991987     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2009.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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