Regeneration of a marginal Quercus suber forest in the eastern Iberian Peninsula

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 729-738

  Pausas, J G ^a   Ribeiro, E ^a   Dias, S G ^a   Pons, J ^a   Beseler, C ^a  

^a FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Mediterranean forest; Recruitment; Seedling; Spatial

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BARE SOIL; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEED BANK; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SKEWNESS; SPATIAL VARIATION;

COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 33846898285     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2006)17[729:ROAMQS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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