High solar radiation hinders tree regeneration above the alpine treeline in northern Ecuador

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-45

  Bader, Maaike Y ^a   Van Geloof, Isabel ^a   Rietkerk, Max ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cloud forest; Cold induced photoinhibition; Fire; P ramo; Positive feedback switch; Transplantation experiment

Indexed keywords

CLOUD FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST FIRE; PARAMO; PHOTOINHIBITION; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; TREELINE;

ECUADOR; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250211450     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9212-6     Document Type: Article

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