Spatial patterns of trees and juveniles in a laurel forest of Tenerife, Canary Islands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-10

  Arévalo, José Ramón ^a   Fernández Palacios, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hamill Wright statistic; Laurel forest regeneration; Ripley's K; Saplings; Shade tolerance

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; REGENERATION; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

SPAIN;

AZORICA; ERICA; ERICA SCOPARIA; ILEX CANARIENSIS; LAURUS AZORICA; MORELLA FAYA; MYRICA; PRUNUS LUSITANICA; SCOPARIA;

EID: 0037282138     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021490715660     Document Type: Article

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