Recruitment patterns in a Mediterranean oak forest: A case study showing the importance of the spatial component

Forest Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 645-652

  Maltez Mouro, Sara ^a   García, Luis V ^b   Marañón, Teodoro ^b   Freitas, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

J function; Principal coordinate analysis of neighbor matrices (PCNM); Quercus faginea; Quercus suber; Variance partitioning

Indexed keywords

LIGHT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOIL MOISTURE;

PRINCIPAL COORDINATE ANALYSIS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; VARIANCE PARTITIONING;

FORESTRY;

LIGHT; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS SUBER; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 37149004273     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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