Where do seedlings go? A spatio-temporal analysis of seedling mortality in a semi-arid gypsophyte

Ecography

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-730

  De La Cruz, Marcelino ^a   Romao, Roberto L ^b   Escudero, Adrián ^c   Maestre, Fernando T ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUSE OF DEATH; DICOTYLEDON; DROUGHT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

HELIANTHEMUM SQUAMATUM;

EID: 57649202396     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: 16000587     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0906-7590.2008.05299.x     Document Type: Article

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