Stand composition, proximity to overstory trees and gradients of soil moisture influence patterns of subalpine fir seedling emergence and survival

Plant and Soil

Volumn 381, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 61-70

  Buck, Joshua R ^a   St Clair, Samuel B ^a  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abies; Aspen; Facilitation; Germination; Light; Populus tremuloides

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GERMINATION; LIGHT; MIXED FOREST; OVERSTORY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SOIL MOISTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL;

ABIES; ABIES LASIOCARPA; CONIFEROPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES;

EID: 84904393680     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2094-9     Document Type: Article

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