Seedling dynamics of shrubs in a fully closed temperate forest: Greater than expected

Ecography

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 650-658

  Laskurain, N A ^a   Escudero, A ^b   Olano, J M ^c   Loidi, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Esc de Ingenierias Agrarias   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GERMINATION; LEAF LITTER; LONGEVITY; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

BASQUE COUNTRY; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CALLUNA; DABOECIA; ERICA; FAGUS; HEDERA; HEDERA HELIX; LONICERA; LONICERA PERICLYMENUM; RUBUS; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 4544313665     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2004.03750.x     Document Type: Article

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