Interannual variation in competitive interactions from natural and anthropogenic disturbances in a temperate forest tree species: Implications for ecological interpretation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1936-1944

  Hartmann, Henrik ^a   Messier, Christian ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOGEOCHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Above ground competition; Acer saccharum; Competition growth relationship; Disturbance; Ecological interpretation; Light environment; Species coexistence; Temporal variation

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABOVE GROUNDS; ACER SACCHARUM; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION; LIGHT ENVIRONMENT; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

FORESTRY;

ANNUAL VARIATION; CATERPILLAR; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DECIDUOUS TREE; DEFOLIATION; DIAMETER; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

BIODIVERSITY; COMPETITION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; GROWTH; HARVESTING; SUGARS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; HEXAPODA; MALACOSOMA DISSTRIA;

EID: 79955048888     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.02.018     Document Type: Article

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