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Dynamics of size structures : simulation and experiments in seedling stands of Pseudotsuga menziesii and Fraxinus mandshurica

Creator:

Petersen, Terry D.

Abstract:

Computer simulations and experiments were used to determine the basis for skewness and inequality in size structures (frequency distributions of Individual plant sizes) prior to self-thinning mortality. In simulated stands, density-dependent neighborhood heterogeneity caused variability in the growth rate of individuals with the same size, and such variability caused skewness...

Resource Type:

Dissertation
Tree seedling establishment on heterogenous microsites in Douglas-fir forest canopy gaps

Creator:

Gray, Andrew N.

Abstract:

Tree seedling establishment and growth were studied in experimental canopy gaps to determine the effect of structural and environmental heterogeneity on species dynamics within mature and old-growth Douglas-fir forests in the Cascades of central Oregon and southern Washington. Factors examined included forest age, gap size, within-gap position. substrate, year of...

Resource Type:

Dissertation