Wild boars (Sus scrofa) affect the recruitment rate and spatial distribution of holm oak (Quercus ilex)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1384-1389

  Gómez, José M ^a   Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Herbivory; Population regeneration; Quercus ilex; Seedling establishment limitation; Seedling recruitment; Wild boars

Indexed keywords

CANNING; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRESERVATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; IN-CONTROL; MICRO HABITAT; MICROHABITATS; PINE TREES; PLANT POPULATION; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION REGENERATION; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT LIMITATION; SEEDLING RECRUITMENT; SIERRA NEVADA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SUS SCROFA; WILD BOARS;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; HERBIVORY; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; PIG; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; EMPLOYMENT; FOOD ADDITIVES; FORESTRY; GROWTH; HERBICIDES; MORTALITY; PLANTS; PRESERVATION; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 49749141980     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.045     Document Type: Article

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