Simplifying methods to assess site suitability for plant recruitment

Plant Ecology

Volumn 212, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1375-1383

  Calvino Cancela, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal effectiveness; Dispersal quality; SDE; Seed additions; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION; MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEED BANK; SEED DISPERSAL; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SITE SELECTION;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 79960308106     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9913-3     Document Type: Article

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