Multiple successional pathways and precocity in forest development: can some forests be born complex?
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Donato, D.C. (corresponding author, [email protected]): Ecosystem & Landscape Ecology Laboratory, Zoology Department, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 53706, USA Campbell, J.L. (john.campbell@oregonstate. edu): College of Forestry, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA Franklin, J.F. ([email protected]): College of Forest Resources, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA
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