Direct and indirect effects of understorey bamboo shape tree regeneration niches in a mixed temperate forest

Oecologia

Volumn 161, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 771-780

  Caccia, Fernando D ^a   Chaneton, Enrique J ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medioambiente Bariloche   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Apparent competition; Facilitation; Patagonia; Recruitment; Seedling predation

Indexed keywords

BAMBOO; COEXISTENCE; DESICCATION; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; GERMINATION; HERBIVORY; NICHE; SURVIVORSHIP; TEMPERATE FOREST; UNDERSTORY;

ANIMAL; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BAMBUSA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TREE;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; BAMBUSA; CLIMATE; ECOSYSTEM; GERMINATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEEDLING; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TREES;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AUSTROCEDRUS; AUSTROCEDRUS CHILENSIS; CHUSQUEA CULEOU; NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS DOMBEYI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70349501931     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1412-z     Document Type: Article

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