Seedling establishment of a boreal tree species (Pinus sylvestris) at its southernmost distribution limit: Consequences of being in a marginal Mediterranean habitat

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 266-277

  Castro, Jorge ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Geographical range; Microenvironment; Spatial heterogeneity; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; EMERGENCE; RECRUITMENT; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 1842587094     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-0477.2004.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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