The relative contributions of seed bank, seed rain, and understory vegetation dynamics to the reorganization of Tsuga canadensis forests after loss due to logging or simulated attack by Adelges tsugae

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2090-2105

  Farnsworth, Elizabeth J ^a   Barker Plotkin, Audrey A ^b   Ellison, Aaron M ^b  

^a New England Wild Flower Society   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADELGES TSUGAE; CANOPY TREES; COMPREHENSIVE MODEL; FOREST COMPOSITIONS; FOREST DYNAMICS; HEMLOCK WOOLLY ADELGID; POST TREATMENT; RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SIMILARITY INDICES; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE SPECIES; TSUGA CANADENSIS; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; VEGETATION RESPONSE;

DYNAMICS; RAIN; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

SEED;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST DYNAMICS; GERMINATION; INSECT; LOGGING (TIMBER); REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEED RAIN; SHADING; UNDERSTORY;

ADELGES TSUGAE; ADELGIDAE; CONIUM; HEXAPODA; TSUGA; TSUGA CANADENSIS;

EID: 84870941239     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2012-0305     Document Type: Article

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