Inhibition of Canopy Tree Seedlings by Thickets of <I>Rhododendron maximum</I> L. (Ericaceae) in an Eastern Deciduous Forest

<I>Rhododendron maximum</I> L. (Ericaceae) is an evergreen shrub that grows in dense thickets and currently covers large areas of the understory in the deciduous forests of the southeastern United States. Thickets of R. maximum are inhibitory to recruitment and regeneration of many unde...

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Main Author: Semones, Shawn Wayne
Other Authors: Biology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29688
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-111999-114313/