The impact of overstory density on sapling height growth in the missouri ozarks: Implications for interspecific differentiation during canopy recruitment

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1320-1330

  Vickers, Lance A ^a   Larsen, David R ^a   Knapp, Benjamin O ^a   Kabrick, John M ^b   Dey, Daniel C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Differentiation; Quantile; Recruitment; Regeneration; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIATION (CALCULUS); ECOLOGY; RESEARCH;

INTERSPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; PARTIAL HARVESTING; QUANTILE; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

REFORESTATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DOMINANCE; GROWTH RESPONSE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; OVERSTORY; POPULATION DENSITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

MISSOURI; OZARK MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84909974296     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: 12086037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjfr-2014-0237     Document Type: Article

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