Repercussions of Simulated Climate Change on the Diversity of Woody-Recruit Bank in a Mediterranean-type Ecosystem

Ecosystems

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 672-682

  Matías, Luis ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Castro, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

abundance; climatic variability; diversity; drought; extreme events; recruitment

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BARE SOIL; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT; EXTREME EVENT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUBLAND; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

EID: 79955845627     PISSN: 14329840     EISSN: 14350629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10021-011-9437-7     Document Type: Article

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