Absence of net long-term successional facilitation by alder in a boreal Alaska floodplain

Ecology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 2986-2997

  Chapin, F Stuart ^a   Conway, Alexandra J ^b   Johnstone, Jill F ^b   Hollingsworth, Teresa N ^c   Hollingsworth, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Alder; Boreal forest; Competition; Facilitation; Floodplain; Nitrogen fixation; Primary succession; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIVERGENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FACILITATION; FLOODPLAIN; GROWTH; LAGOMORPH; NITROGEN; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PRIMARY SUCCESSION; SEEDLING; SURVIVORSHIP; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY PLANT;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

ALNUS; ALNUS INCANA; ALNUS INCANA TENUIFOLIA; LEPUS AMERICANUS; PICEA; PICEA GLAUCA;

ALASKA; ALDER; BIODIVERSITY; FOREST; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVER; SEEDLING; TIME FACTOR;

ALASKA; ALNUS; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RIVERS; SEEDLINGS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84990218366     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ecy.1529     Document Type: Article

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