Stump sprout dynamics in response to reductions in stand density for nine upland hardwood species in the southern Appalachian Mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 319, Issue , 2014, Pages 29-35

  Keyser, Tara L ^a   Zarnoch, Stanley J ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bent Creek Experimental Forest; Central Hardwood Region; Forest thinning; Quercus; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894376271     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.045     Document Type: Article

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