Edge type effect on germination of oak tree species in the Highlands of Chiapas, Mexico

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-79

  López Barrera, Fabiola ^a,c   Newton, Adrian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acorns; Forest fragmentation; Forest litter; Neotropical forests; Seedling emergence

Indexed keywords

SEED;

FOREST FRAGMENTATION; FOREST LITTERS; NEOTROPICAL FORESTS; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EDGE EFFECT; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; REGENERATION; TROPICAL FOREST;

FORESTRY; SEEDS;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

INSECTA; QUERCUS CRASSIFOLIA; QUERCUS LAURINA; QUERCUS RUGOSA;

EID: 25444441805     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.05.048     Document Type: Article

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