Effects of the type of montane forest edge on oak seedling establishment along forest-edge-exterior gradients

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 225, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 234-244

  López Barrera, Fabiola ^a,b   Manson, Robert H ^b   González Espinosa, Mario ^c   Newton, Adrian C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD   (Mexico)

^d BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Edge contrast; Edge effects; Forest succession; Herbivory; Quercus; Seedling survival and growth; Tropical montane forest

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED;

EDGE CONTRAST; EDGE EFFECTS; FOREST SUCCESSION; HERBIVORY; QUERCUS; TROPICAL MONTANE FOREST;

FORESTRY;

EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; PATCH DYNAMICS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SUCCESSION;

FORESTRY; PLACE MATS; SEEDS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS CRASSIFOLIA; QUERCUS LAURINA; QUERCUS RUGOSA;

EID: 33645053519     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.12.055     Document Type: Article

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