Impact of sowing, canopy cover and litter on seedling dynamics of two Polylepis species at upper tree lines in central Ecuador

Journal of Tropical Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 309-318

  Cierjacks, Arne ^a   Iglesias, Juan Enrique ^b   Wesche, Karsten ^a   Hensen, Isabell ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DEL ECUADOR   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

Litter; Polylepis incana; Polylepis pauta; Seedling emergence; Seedling survival; Tree line

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GROWTH RATE; LITTER; SEEDLING; SOWING; SURVIVAL; TREELINE;

ECUADOR; PARAMO DE PAPALLACTA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS; POLYLEPIS INCANA; POLYLEPIS PAUTA;

EID: 34247525552     PISSN: 02664674     EISSN: 14697831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0266467407004051     Document Type: Article

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