Snow cover manipulations alter survival of early life stages of cold-temperate tree species

Oikos

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 541-554

  Drescher, Michael ^a   Thomas, Sean C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; FROST; GERMINATION; HETEROGENEITY; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; SAPLING; SNOW COVER; SURVIVAL; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TOPOGRAPHY; TREE;

EID: 84875581873     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20642.x     Document Type: Article

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