Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests

Midgley, JJEverard, DAVanwyk, G2007-07-052007-07-051995-01Midgley, JJ, Everard, DA and Vanwyk, G. 1995. Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests. South African Journal of Science, vol. 91(1), pp 7-80038-2353http://hdl.handle.net/10204/979Copyright: 1995 Bureau of Scientific PublishersSome species such as Celtis Africana, are experiencing relative recruitment bottlenecks, because there are usually fewer recruits [i.e. individuals <20 cm diameter at breast height, (dbh)] than canopy individuals. The species with low recruitment tent to have higher concentrations of leaf nitrogen, suggesting that they are shade-intolerant species. Similarly the canopy species which are recruiting adequately have low level of leaf nitrogen.enCeltis AfricanaCanopy speciesLeaf nitrogenSouth African forestsRelative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forestsArticleMidgley, J., Everard, D., & Vanwyk, G. (1995). Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/979Midgley, JJ, DA Everard, and G Vanwyk "Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests." (1995) http://hdl.handle.net/10204/979Midgley J, Everard D, Vanwyk G. Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests. 1995; http://hdl.handle.net/10204/979.TY - Article AU - Midgley, JJ AU - Everard, DA AU - Vanwyk, G AB - Some species such as Celtis Africana, are experiencing relative recruitment bottlenecks, because there are usually fewer recruits [i.e. individuals <20 cm diameter at breast height, (dbh)] than canopy individuals. The species with low recruitment tent to have higher concentrations of leaf nitrogen, suggesting that they are shade-intolerant species. Similarly the canopy species which are recruiting adequately have low level of leaf nitrogen. DA - 1995-01 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Celtis Africana KW - Canopy species KW - Leaf nitrogen KW - South African forests LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 1995 SM - 0038-2353 T1 - Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests TI - Relative lack of regeneration of shade-intolerant canopy species in some South African forests UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/979 ER -