Survival and growth of Acacia dealbata vs. native trees across an invasion front in south-central Chile

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1003-1009

  Fuentes Ramírez, Andrés ^a,b   Pauchard, Aníbal ^a,b   Cavieres, Lohengrin A ^a,b   García, Rafael A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

Author keywords

Cryptocarya alba; Forest fragments; Re colonization; Seedling establishment; Tree invasion spread

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOCARYA ALBA; FOREST FRAGMENTS; RE-COLONIZATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TREE INVASION SPREAD;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RESTORATION; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DICOTYLEDON; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECOLONIZATION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SEEDLINGS;

CHILE;

ACACIA; ACACIA DEALBATA; CRYPTOCARYA; CRYPTOCARYA ALBA; FABACEAE; NOTHOFAGUS OBLIQUA;

EID: 79551576279     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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