The ecology of thicket formation
Seifritz W. 1953. The ecology of thicket formation. Vegetatio. 4(3):155-164
Descriptions and discussions of 9 dwarfed plant communities, including the New Jersey Pine Plains. Concludes that there is one climatic factor common to all 9 of these communities, and that that factor, desiccating wind, is responsible for the development and continued maintenance of these krumholtz communities by the repeated killing back of new growing tips of shoots
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Seifritz, W.
- Units
- PINE
- Keywords
- Plant Communities, plant community analysis, Plant Studies, Research Article, thickets