Age-size-habitat relationships for Polylepis australis: Dealing with endangered forest ecosystems

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2617-2625

  Suarez, Ma Laura ^a   Renison, Daniel ^b   Marcora, Paula ^b   Hensen, Isabell ^c  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age size relationship; Endangered ecosystems; Rock cover; Site characteristics

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVER BASIN; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; TREE; VEGETATION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

POLYLEPIS AUSTRALIS;

EID: 51649106880     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9336-1     Document Type: Article

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