Impact of wind-induced microsites and disturbance severity on tree regeneration patterns: Results from the first post-storm decade

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 348, Issue , 2015, Pages 174-185

  Vodde, Floor ^a   Jõgiste, Kalev ^a   Engelhart, Jeroen ^a   Frelich, Lee E ^b   Moser, W Keith ^c   Sims, Allan ^a   Metslaid, Marek ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition; Establishment sites; Mortality; Regeneration dynamics; Windthrow

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); STORMS;

ESTABLISHMENT SITES; LIFE-HISTORY TRAITS; MORTALITY; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SPATIAL HETEROGENEITY; SPATIAL PARTITIONING; WINDTHROWS;

REFORESTATION;

COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; HETEROGENEITY; MORTALITY; REGENERATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

FORESTS; HARDWOODS; MANAGEMENT; PICEA;

ESTONIA;

ALNUS GLUTINOSA; BETULA; BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84927929909     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.03.052     Document Type: Article

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