Spatiotemporal dynamics of recruitment in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis Miller)

Plant Ecology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 123-137

  Nathan, Ran ^a   Ne'eman, Gidi ^b  

^a Department of Evolution   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Plant Recruitment; Seed Dispersal; Seed Predation; Serotiny; Spatial and Temporal Patterns

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; FRAXINUS; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 3042804825     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029379.32705.0f     Document Type: Conference Paper

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