Safe for saplings; safe for seeds?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 471-477

  Smit, Christian ^a   Gusberti, Michele ^a   Müller Schärer, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Nurse effects; Picea abies; Safe sites; Seed predation; Seedling establishment; Wood pastures

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION; WOOD;

NURSE EFFECTS; SAFE SITES; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WOOD PASTURES;

SEED;

EVERGREEN TREE; HERBIVORY; NURSE PLANT; PASTURE; PREDATOR; SAMPLING; SAPLING; SEED; SURVIVAL;

FORESTRY; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SEEDS; WOOD;

ABIES; AVES; BOS TAURUS; CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; GENTIANA; GENTIANA LUTEA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PICEA ABIES; RODENTIA;

EID: 37849186552     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.069     Document Type: Article

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