Regeneration niche of the Canarian juniper: The role of adults, shrubs and environmental conditions

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 67, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 709-709

  Otto, Rüdiger ^a   Krüsi, Bertil O ^b   Delgado, Juan D ^c   Fernández Palacios, José María ^a   García Del Rey, Eduardo ^a   Arévalo, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; GLM; Juniperus turbinata ssp. canariensis; Microhabitat; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENDEMISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORY; MICROHABITAT; NICHE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHRUB; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS TURBINATA;

EID: 77957738466     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2010034     Document Type: Article

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