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Science 5 September 1975:
Vol. 189. no. 4205, pp. 808 - 810
DOI: 10.1126/science.189.4205.808
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Reproductive Strategies and the Co-occurrence of Climax Tree Species

Lawrence K. Forcier 1

1 School of Forestry, University of Montana, Missoula 59801

In a central New Hampshire forest, three co-occurring tree species were found to occupy different positions on a reproductive strategy gradient. These reproductive strategy differences, in part, described separate niches for the species. The three-species complex is hypothesized to form a dynamic climax overstory characterized by cyclical replacement of one dominant species by another.

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