Current regeneration patterns at the tree line in the Pyrenees indicate similar recruitment processes irrespective of the past disturbance regime

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1938-1950

  Batllori, Enric ^a   Camarero, J Julio ^b   Gutiérrez, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpine tree line; Disturbance; Global change; Moran correlogram; Pair correlation function; Pinus uncinata; Pyrenees; Recruitment

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; ALPINE ENVIRONMENT; AUTOCORRELATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISPERSAL; ECOTONE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; MORTALITY; PATCH SIZE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREELINE;

ANDORRA; CATALONIA; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

PINUS UNCINATA;

EID: 77957043838     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02348.x     Document Type: Article

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