A seeding experiment for testing tree-community recruitment under variable environments: Implications for forest regeneration and conservation in Mediterranean habitats

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1491-1499

  Mendoza, Irene ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Castro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential recruitment; Experimental field seeding; Global change; Sierra Nevada (S Spain); Species coexistence; Successional habitats; Summer drought

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEEDING; SUCCESSION; SURVIVAL; TESTING METHOD; WOODY PLANT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ACER; ACER OPALUS; ILEX; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ILEX; SORBUS; SORBUS ARIA; TAXUS BACCATA;

EID: 67349279233     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.02.018     Document Type: Article

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