Safe sites for tree regeneration in wooded pastures: A case of associational resistance?

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Smit, Christian ^a   Béguin, Daniel ^b   Buttler, Alexandre ^b,c,d   Müller Schärer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Grazing; Nurse plant; Picea abies; Tree establishment; Tree sapling

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; GRAZING; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; WORLD;

ABIES; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 20444435563     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2005.tb02357.x     Document Type: Article

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