Twenty-year survivorship of tree seedlings in wind-created gaps in an upland hardwood forest in the eastern US

New Forests

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 323-344

  Berg, Erik C ^a   Zarnoch, Stanley J ^b   McNab, W Henry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy gap; Light gradient; Moisture regime; Regeneration; Site quality survivorship; Wind disturbance

Indexed keywords

HARDWOODS; HURRICANES; LOCATION; STORMS; VEGETATION;

CANOPY GAPS; LIGHT GRADIENTS; REGENERATION; SITE QUALITY; WIND DISTURBANCE;

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; OVERSTORY; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVORSHIP; UPLAND REGION; WIND FORCING;

DISTANCE; HARDWOODS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS; SITE INDEX; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

CARYA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ALBA; QUERCUS RUBRA;

EID: 85055589137     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-018-9685-x     Document Type: Article

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