Assessing the long-term contribution of nurse plants to restoration of Mediterranean forests through Markovian models

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1790-1798

  Siles, G ^a   Rey, P J ^a   Alcantara J M ^a   Ramirez J M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Forest dynamics; Markov chains; Plant plant interactions; Post fire restoration; Secondary succession; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FACILITATION; FORESTRY MODELING; HABITAT RESTORATION; MARKOV CHAIN; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NURSE PLANT; PROBABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EQUUS ASINUS;

EID: 54349111697     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2008.01574.x     Document Type: Article

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