The role of germination microsite in the establishment of sugar pine and Jeffrey pine seedlings

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 806-813

  Legras, Elaine C ^a   Vander Wall, Stephen B ^a   Board, David I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Microhabitat; Nurse plant; Pinus jeffreyi; Pinus lambertiana; Scatter hoarding; Seed dispersal; Seedling establishment; Sierra Nevada

Indexed keywords

GROWING SEASON; JEFFREY PINE; MICROHABITATS; PINE SEEDLINGS; PINE TREES; PLANT LITTER; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SEEDLING MORTALITY; SHADE TREATMENTS; SIERRA NEVADA; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SOIL WATER; TOLERANT SPECIES; TREE SEEDLINGS; TREE SPECIES; WILD FIRE; WIRE MESHES;

NURSING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SOIL MOISTURE; SUGAR (SUCROSE); UNDERWATER SOILS;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; DROUGHT; EVERGREEN TREE; GERMINATION; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT RESTORATION; LITTER; MICROHABITAT; MORTALITY; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SOIL WATER; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION COVER; WILDFIRE;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; GROUND WATER; MOISTURE; NEVADA; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA; PINUS WASHOENSIS; PLANTS; SEEDS; SHRUBS; SOIL; SUGAR;

CALIFORNIA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ARCTOSTAPHYLOS; PINUS JEFFREYI; PINUS LAMBERTIANA;

EID: 77954954354     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.039     Document Type: Article

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