Seed bank dynamics and tree-fall gaps in a northwestern Mexican Quercus-Pinus forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 661-668

  Arriaga, Laura ^a   Mercado, Carmen ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Baja California Sur; Disturbance; Gap creation mode; Seasonal response; Seedling emergence; Sierra de la Laguna; Temperate forest

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; GAP DYNAMICS; GERMINATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEED BANK; SEED SIZE; TREEFALL;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

ASTERACEAE; EUPHORBIA; EUPHORBIACEAE; FABACEAE; LAGUNA; LAMIACEAE; MAGNOLIOPHYTA; PINUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 6344292332     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-1103.2004.tb02308.x     Document Type: Article

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