Understorey succession in Nothofagus forests in Tierra del Fuego (Argentina) affected by Castor canadensis

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 143-154

  Martínez Pastur, Guillermo ^a   Lencinas, M Vanessa ^a   Escobar, Julio ^a   Quiroga, Paula ^b   Malmierca, Laura ^c   Lizarralde, Marta ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^c Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Beaver; Diversity; Dynamic cycle; Exotic species; Meadow; Nothofagus betuloides; Nothofagus pumilio; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

CASTOR CANADENSIS; CASTORIDAE; FILICOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO; POACEAE;

EID: 33750344297     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2006)9[143:USINFI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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