Short delay in timing of emergence determines establishment success in Pinus sylvestris across microhabitats

Annals of Botany

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1233-1240

  Castro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cohort effects; Cohort of emergence; Date of emergence; Delayed emergence; Irrigation experiments; Pinus sylvestris; Seedling establishment; Sierra Nevada National Park; Summer drought

Indexed keywords

WATER;

DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL CUE; GROWTH RATE; MICROHABITAT; MONTANE FOREST; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TREE;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCOTS PINE; TIME;

ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 33845263490     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcl208     Document Type: Article

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