An individual-based forest model links canopy dynamics and shade tolerances along a soil moisture gradient

Royal Society Open Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Liénard, Jean ^a   Strigul, Nikolay ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crown competition; Forest succession; Gap dynamics; Individual based forest model; Moisture gradient; Root competition; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958073536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20545703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.150589     Document Type: Article

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