Inter- and intra-specific competitiveness of plantation-grown American chestnut (Castanea dentata)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 289-299

  Gauthier, Martin Michel ^a   Zellers, Kate E ^a   Löf, Magnus ^b   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afforestation; American chestnut; Crown competition factor; Ecophysiology; Forest restoration; Stand density

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; AMERICAN CHESTNUT; CROWN COMPETITION FACTOR; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; FOREST RESTORATION; STAND DENSITIES;

COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

FRUITS;

AFFORESTATION; COMPETITIVENESS; FUNGUS; GROWTH RATE; JUVENILE; NATIVE SPECIES; NITROGEN; NUT; PATHOGEN; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REGRESSION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPACING; SURVIVAL;

CASTANEA; COMPETITION; CONSERVATION; FORESTATION; FORESTRY; FRUITS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CASTANEA DENTATA; CRYPHONECTRIA PARASITICA; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 84871857761     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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