Shifts in functional traits among tree communities across succession in eastern deciduous forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 324, Issue , 2014, Pages 179-185

  Wilfahrt, Peter A ^a   Collins, Beverly ^b   White, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest succession; Functional traits

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; VEGETATION;

COMPLEX TOPOGRAPHIES; DISTURBANCE; FOREST INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS; FOREST SUCCESSION; FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY; FUNCTIONAL TRAITS; SOIL NITROGEN CONTENT; UNIMODAL DISTRIBUTION;

REFORESTATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; ECOREGION; FOREST DYNAMICS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST INVENTORY; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

HARDWOODS; NITROGEN; PLANTS; REFORESTATION;

BETULA PAPYRIFERA; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84902163696     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2014.01.018     Document Type: Article

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