The role of resource interactions and seefling regeneration in maintaining a positive feedback in hemlock stands
The role of resource interactions and seefling regeneration in maintaining a positive feedback in hemlock stands
- Journal of Ecology, 88, p.100-112, 2000 .
When a species influences conditions at a site to promote recruitment of conspecifics, the community may remain dominated by that species until the next major disturbance. We examined the occurrence of possible mechanisms for such a positive feedback in one community where it may be important: forests dominated by eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). 2 Intact soil divots were collected from a hemlock stand in central Massachusetts, USA, and placed in shade-houses at either 1.5
When a species influences conditions at a site to promote recruitment of conspecifics, the community may remain dominated by that species until the next major disturbance. We examined the occurrence of possible mechanisms for such a positive feedback in one community where it may be important: forests dominated by eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis). 2 Intact soil divots were collected from a hemlock stand in central Massachusetts, USA, and placed in shade-houses at either 1.5