Predicting and understanding forest dynamics using a simple tractable model
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Summary
Decomposing Ẑ* showed that succession is driven both by superior understory performance and superior canopy performance of late-successional species, and performance differences primarily reflect differences in mortality rather than growth.
- Type
- article
- Published
- 2008-11-04
- Cited by
- 267
- References
- 49
- Access
- Open access
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- https://openalex.org/W1975363872
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- https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:11643870
Keywords
Ecological succession, Understory, Stand development, Canopy, Chronosequence
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