Size-specific tree mortality varies with neighbourhood crowding and disturbance in a Montane Nothofagus forest.

Tree mortality is a fundamental process governing forest dynamics, but understanding tree mortality patterns is challenging because large, long-term datasets are required. Describing size-specific mortality patterns can be especially difficult, due to few trees in larger size classes. We used perman...

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Main Authors: Jennifer M Hurst, Robert B Allen, David A Coomes, Richard P Duncan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3202550?pdf=render