Effects of herbivory and patch size on tree seedling survivorship in a fog-dependent coastal rainforest in semiarid Chile

Oecologia

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 625-632

  Del Val, Ek ^a,d   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b   Barbosa, Olga ^a,e   Marquet, Pablo A ^a,b,c  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ECOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Plant animal interactions; Tree regeneration; Water limitation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN TREE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERBIVORY; MORTALITY; PATCH SIZE; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SMALL MAMMAL; SURVIVORSHIP;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

AEXTOXICON PUNCTATUM; ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34547767628     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-007-0778-z     Document Type: Article

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