Spatial patterns of seedling emergence and survival as a critical phase in holly (Ilex aquifolium L.) woodland recruitment in Central Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 205, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 267-282

  Arrieta, S ^a,b   Suarez F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Herbivory; Ilex aquifolium; Light; Microhabitat

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND MICROHABITATS; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; WOODLAND CANOPY;

RANDOM PROCESSES; SEED; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY GAP; DISTURBANCE; LIGHT; MICROHABITAT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; GRASS LANDS; QUERCUS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SEEDLINGS; SHRUBS; WOOD;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; INVERTEBRATA; QUERCUS;

EID: 11444261300     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.009     Document Type: Article

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