Effects of overstorey canopy, plant-plant interactions and soil properties on Mediterranean maritime pine seedling dynamics

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 244-251

  Rodríguez García, Encarna ^a,b   Bravo, Felipe ^a,b   Spies, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^b Universidad de Valladolid   (Spain)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic conditions; Facilitation; Natural establishment; Overstorey conditions; Plant plant interactions

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC CONDITIONS; FACILITATION; NATURAL ESTABLISHMENT; OVERSTOREY CONDITIONS; PLANT-PLANT INTERACTIONS;

FORESTRY; SEED; SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FACILITATION; FOREST COVER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MORTALITY; OVERSTORY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; WATER STRESS;

ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; MORTALITY; RADIATION; SEEDLINGS; SHRUBS; SOIL; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 79957547655     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.029     Document Type: Article

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