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Article: Replacement patterns of beech and sugar maple in Warren Woods, Michigan.
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- Ecology
- Article date:
- June 1, 1996
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INTRODUCTION
Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain patterns of tree replacement in eastern United States deciduous forests that are codominated by American beech (Fagus grandifolia) and sugar maple (Acer saccharum) (Cain 1935, Williams 1936, Hough and Forbes 1943, Forcier 1975, Vankat et al. 1975, Fox 1977, Woods 1979, Brewer 1980, Poulson and Platt 1981, Runkle 1981, Canham 1988a, Poulson and Platt 1989, Brisson et al. 1994, Peters and Poulson 1994). One class of hypotheses involves directional changes (succession) toward beech or sugar maple dominance. The second class of hypotheses involves nondirectional changes (coexistence is implied) in relative ...