Gap-, stand-, and landscape-scale factors contribute to poor sugar maple regeneration after timber harvest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 286-298

  Matonis, Megan S ^a   Walters, Michael B ^a   Millington, James D A ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gaps; Deer herbivory; Northern hardwoods; Regeneration; Selection harvesting; Sugar maple

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAPS; DEER HERBIVORY; NORTHERN HARDWOODS; REGENERATION; SELECTION HARVESTING; SUGAR MAPLE;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; HARDWOODS; HARVESTING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANT EXTRACTS; REFORESTATION; SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; TIMBER; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION;

SUGARS;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; DICOTYLEDON; HABITAT TYPE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SILVICULTURE; TIMBER HARVESTING;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES; UPPER PENINSULA;

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; ODOCOILEUS VIRGINIANUS; OSTRYA VIRGINIANA;

EID: 79957556721     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.034     Document Type: Article

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