Effects of climatic variability on facilitation of tree establishment in northern Patagonia

Ecology

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1914-1924

  Kitzberger, Thomas ^a   Steinaker, Diego F ^b   Veblen, Thomas T ^c  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGÍA AGROPECUARIA INTA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Argentina; Austrocedrus chilensis; Climatic variability; Dendroecology; Ecotones; Experimental microsites; Facilitation; Nurse shrubs; Patagonia; Recruitment; Seedling survivorship

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE EFFECT; DROUGHT STRESS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS;

EID: 0033911980     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2000)081[1914:EOCVOF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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