Germination requirements and seedling shade tolerance are not correlated in a Chilean temperate rain forest

New Phytologist

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 483-489

  Figueroa, Javier A ^a   Lusk, Christopher H ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Forest dynamics; Germination; LAI 2000; Phylogenetically independent contrasts; Pioneer and climax species; Shade tolerance; Temperate rain forest

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; GUILD STRUCTURE; RAINFOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE;

EID: 0035208980     PISSN: 0028646X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0028-646X.2001.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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