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Sapling Dynamics

Sapling Dynamics is a theoretical framework in understory ecology that characterizes the patterns and processes governing the establishment, growth, mortality, and spatial distribution of young woody plants in forest ecosystems.

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25K

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1.2K

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496

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2017–2026

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458

Juvenile Tree Survivorship as a Component of Shade Tolerance

Richard K. Kobe, Stephen W. Pacala, John A. Silander et al. · Ecological Applications · 1995 · 958 citations

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TREE RECRUITMENT IN AN EMPTY FOREST

John Terborgh, Gabriela Núñez-Iturri, Nigel C. A. Pitman et al. · Ecology · 2008 · 480 citations · Full text

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Recruitment dynamics of a fleshy‐fruited plant (<i>Olea europaea</i>): connecting patterns of seed dispersal to seedling establishment

Pedro J. Rey, Julio M. Alcántara · Journal of Ecology · 2000 · 403 citations

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Sapling growth as a function of resources in a north temperate forest

Stephen W. Pacala, Charles D. Canham, John A. Silander et al. · Canadian Journal of Forest Research · 1994 · 347 citations

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Sapling Survival, Growth, and Recruitment: Relationship to Canopy Height in a Neotropical Forest

Charles W. Welden, Steven W. Hewett, Stephen P. Hubbell et al. · Ecology · 1991 · 343 citations

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Authors

1.2K

  1. RK
    Richard K. Kobe

    Michigan State University, United States

    7 publications · 2.2K citations

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  2. PA
    P. A. Harcombe

    Rice University, United States

    7 publications · 322 citations

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  3. SP
    Stephen P. Hubbell

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    7 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. RC
    Richard Condit

    Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

    6 publications · 1.1K citations

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  5. CD
    Charles D. Canham

    Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies, United States

    6 publications · 2K citations

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Institutions

496

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    42 publications

    2.1K citations

  2. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    11 h-index

    25 publications

    1.8K citations

  3. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    Panama City, Panama

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    585 citations

  5. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    15 publications

    755 citations

  6. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    693 citations

  7. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    2.3K citations

  8. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    283 citations

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Venues

  1. Forest Ecology and Management

    51 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. Canadian Journal of Forest Research

    34 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Journal of Vegetation Science

    JVS · 24 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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  4. Oecologia

    13 publications · 845 citations

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  5. Plant Ecology

    14 publications · 502 citations

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