An increase in canopy cover leads to masting in Quercus ilex

Trees - Structure and Function

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 909-918

  Camarero, J Julio ^a   Albuixech, Jorge ^a   López Lozano, Raúl ^b,c   Casterad, M Auxiliadora ^b   Montserrat Martí, Gabriel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Acorn; Canopy cover; Mast seeding; Quercus ilex subsp. ballota; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

ACORN; BEFORE AND AFTER; CANOPY COVER; ECOLOGICAL RELEVANCE; FRUIT CROPS; LEAF SHEDDING; MAST SEEDING; NORMALIZED DIFFERENCE VEGETATION INDEX; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX SUBSP. BALLOTA; TREE GROWTH; TREE RINGS;

CARBOHYDRATES; CROPS; ECOLOGY; REMOTE SENSING; SEED;

VEGETATION;

BALLOTA; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 77956684964     PISSN: 09311890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00468-010-0462-5     Document Type: Article

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