Potential for red spruce (Picea rubens Sarg.) establishment from natural seed dispersal in old fields adjacent to forest stands

Plant Ecology

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 33-41

  Cavallin, Nadia ^a   Vasseur, Liette ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersal; Old fields; Red spruce; Regeneration; Seed bank; Seed rain

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; COLONIZATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; OLD FIELD; SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND [CANADA]; PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND NATIONAL PARK;

PICEA; PICEA MARIANA; PICEA RUBENS;

EID: 52549114406     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-008-9409-y     Document Type: Article

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