The restoration of degraded mountain woodlands: Effects of seed provenance and microsite characteristics on Polylepis australis seedling survival and growth in Central Argentina

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 129-137

  Renison, Daniel ^a   Cingolani, Ana M ^b   Suarez, Ricardo ^c   Menoyo, Eugenia ^c   Coutsiers, Carla ^c   Sobral, Ana ^c   Hensen, Isabell ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c Proyecto Conservacion/Reforestacion   (Argentina)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Microsite variation; Mountain woodlands; Polylepis australis; Reforestation; Seed provenance; Seedling growth; Seedling survival; Shrub habit

Indexed keywords

MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; PROVENANCE; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS; ROSACEAE;

EID: 16344381802     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2005.00015.x     Document Type: Article

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