The more stems the merrier: Advantages of multi-stemmed architecture for the demography of understorey trees in a temperate broadleaf woodland

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 171-183

  Tanentzap, Andrew J ^a   Mountford, Edward P ^b   Cooke, Arnold S ^c   Coomes, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

^c Greenlawns   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ash maple woodland; Coppice; Crowding; Herbivory; Hierarchical Bayesian models; Neighbourhood models; Niche; Plant population and community dynamics; Sprouting

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; DEER; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; NEIGHBORHOOD; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SHRUB; STEM; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 83455211000     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2011.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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