The trade-off between flood- and shade-tolerance: A mortality episode in Carpinus caroliniana in a floodplain forest, Texas
Mann LE, Harcombe PA, Elsik SI, Hall RB. 2008. The trade-off between flood- and shade-tolerance: A mortality episode in Carpinus caroliniana in a floodplain forest, Texas. Journal of Vegetation Science. 7:739-746
Used 23 years of data on marked individuals to examine abundance, mortality, recruitment and growth of trees before and after a long growing season flood to determine if a rapid decline in abundance of a dominant species in a bottomland hardwood forest evidence for a trade-off between flood- and shade-tolerance. Concluded that the trade-off between flood tolerance and shade tolerance can influence dynamics of floodplain forests.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Mann, Lisa; Harcombe, Paul; Elsik, Sandra; Hall, Rosine
- Units
- BITH
- Keywords
- bottomland hardwood forest, Flood tolerance, Forest dynamics, Neches Bottom Unit, Tree population dynamics