The seedling bank stabilizes the erratic early regeneration stages of the invasive prunus serotina

Ecoscience

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 452-460

  Vanhellemont, Margot ^a   Baeten, Lander ^a   Hermy, Martin ^b   Verheyen, Kris ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Advance reproduction; Biological invasions; Pinus sylvestris; Seed rain; Shade tolerant; Spatiotemporal

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; REGENERATION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING; SHADE TOLERANCE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNDERSTORY;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA;

EID: 76749168588     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2980/16-4-3285     Document Type: Article

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