Araucaria araucana temporal and spatial seedling establishment patterns: Masting, seed predation and understory vegetation effects;Efectos de la producción de semillas y la heterogeneidad vegetal sobre la supervivencia de semillas y el patrón espacio-temporal de establecimiento de plántulas en Araucaria araucana

Revista Chilena de Historia Natural

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-335

  Sanguinetti, Javier ^a   Kitzberger, Thomas ^b  

^a Parques Nacionales de Argentina   (Argentina)

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

Author keywords

Araucaria araucana; Establishment; Janzen Connell model; Masting

Indexed keywords

ARAUCARIA ARAUCANA; CHUSQUEA;

EID: 75449107038     PISSN: 0716078X     EISSN: 07176317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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