Forest disturbance and regeneration: A mosaic of discrete gap dynamics and open matrix regimes?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1341-1354

  Blackburn, George Alan ^a   Abd Latif, Zulkiflee ^b   Boyd, Doreen Sandra ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Broad leaved Deciduous Forest; Disturbance; Gap dynamics; LiDAR; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LIDAR; REGENERATION; SATELLITE DATA;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84925297127     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: 16541103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jvs.12201     Document Type: Article

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