Shrub seedling recruitment in unburned Californian coastal sage scrub and adjacent grassland

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 2018-2032

  DeSimone, Sandra A ^a,b   Zedler, Paul H ^a,c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Starr Ranch Sanctuary   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Artemisia californica; Coastal sage scrub; Eriogonum fasciculatum; Herbivory; Lotus scoparius; Salvia apiana; Shrub recruitment; Small scale disturbance

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAP DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA CALIFORNICA; DICOTYLEDONEAE; ERIOGONUM; ERIOGONUM FASCICULATUM; FORMICIDAE; GEOMYIDAE; LOTUS SCOPARIUS; MAMMALIA; SALVIA; SALVIA APIANA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032851958     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[2018:SSRIUC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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