Spatiotemporal patterns of seed dispersal in a wind-dispersed Mediterranean tree (Acer opalus subsp. granatense): Implications for regeneration

Ecography

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a,b   M Gómez, Jose ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b CARY INSTITUTE OF ECOSYSTEM STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS TREE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RARE SPECIES; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ACER; ACER OPALUS;

EID: 33847198695     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2006.0906-7590.04658.x     Document Type: Article

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