Release from root competition promotes tree seedling survival and growth following transplantation into human-induced grasslands in Sri Lanka

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Gunaratne, A M T A ^a   Gunatilleke, C V S ^a   Gunatilleke, I A U N ^a   Madawala Weerasinghe, H M S P ^a   Burslem, D F R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abandoned human induced grasslands; Above ground competition; Herbivory; Relative growth rate; Root competition; Survival

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED HUMAN-INDUCED GRASSLANDS; ABOVE GROUND COMPETITION; HERBIVORY; RELATIVE GROWTH RATE; ROOT COMPETITION; SURVIVAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; PLANT EXTRACTS; SEED;

COMPETITION;

DICOTYLEDON; FOREST COVER; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; HERBIVORE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFOREST; ROOT COLONIZATION; ROOT COMPETITION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SURVIVAL; TEA; TRANSPLANTATION; VERTEBRATE;

SRI LANKA;

ANIMALIA; DIMOCARPUS LONGAN; MACARANGA INDICA; POACEAE; SYMPLOCOS COCHINCHINENSIS; SYZYGIUM; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957553010     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.03.027     Document Type: Article

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