Species identity and water availability determine establishment success under the canopy of Retama sphaerocarpa shrubs in a dry environment

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 900-907

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Artificial shade; Degraded environments; Ecological restoration; Facilitation; Mediterranean ecosystems; Nurse plants; Plant interactions; Reforestation; Sapling survival; Watering

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DRY FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HABITAT RESTORATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVORSHIP; WATER AVAILABILITY;

OLEA EUROPAEA; PISTACIA; PISTACIA LENTISCUS; PISTACIA VERA; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA; ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS;

EID: 69949102216     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-100X.2008.00460.x     Document Type: Article

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