Vegetation Responses to Edge Environments in Old-Growth Douglas-Fir Forests

Forest edges created by dispersed-patch clear-cutting have become a conspicuous landscape feature in western North America, but the effects of edge on forest structure and function are still poorly understood. In this paper we describe responses of stocking density, growth, mortality, and regenerati...

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Published in:Ecological applications 1992-11, Vol.2 (4), p.387-396
Main Authors: Chen, Jiquan, Franklin, Jerry F., Spies, Thomas A.
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Coniferous forests
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Forest ecology
Forest growth
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Old growth forests
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Science & Technology
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subjects Coniferous forests
Ecology
Edge effects
Environmental Sciences
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
Forest ecology
Forest growth
Forest management
Forest regeneration
Forest service
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Old growth forests
Pseudotsuga menziesii
Science & Technology
Seedlings
Trees
title Vegetation Responses to Edge Environments in Old-Growth Douglas-Fir Forests
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