Seed production, pre-dispersal seed predation and germination of Nothofagus glauca (Nothofagaceae) in a temperate fragmented forest in Chile

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 1226-1233

  Burgos, Aracely ^a   Grez, Audrey A ^a   Bustamante, Ramiro O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Forest fragmentation; Germination; Maulino forest; Pre dispersal seed predation; Seed fate; Seed production

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

PRE DISPERSAL SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION;

SEED;

DECIDUOUS TREE; GERMINATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LARVA; SEED PREDATION; SEED PRODUCTION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; SEEDS;

CHILE; MAULINO FOREST; SOUTH AMERICA;

MICROLEPIDOPTERA; NOTHOFAGACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS GLAUCA;

EID: 38949200640     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.10.032     Document Type: Article

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