Multiple successional pathways and precocity in forest development: Can some forests be born complex?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 576-584

  Donato, Daniel C ^a   Campbell, John L ^b   Franklin, Jerry F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy closure; Douglas fir; Early successional forest; Natural regeneration; Pre forest communities; Spatial heterogeneity; Structural complexity; Succession; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HETEROGENEITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NUMERICAL MODEL; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; STAND STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WILDFIRE;

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 84860161646     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2011.01362.x     Document Type: Article

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