Spatial patterns of recruitment in Mediterranean plant species: Linking the fate of seeds, seedlings and saplings in heterogeneous landscapes at different scales

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1128-1140

  Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acer opalus subsp. granatense; Habitats; Microhabitats; Plant demography; Recruitment dynamics; Seed dispersal; Seedling survival; Spatial discordance; Spatial heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

ACER; ACER OPALUS;

EID: 54049154406     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2008.01431.x     Document Type: Article

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