Boreal trees in the Mediterranean: Recruitment of downy birch (Betula alba) at its southern range limit

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 793-802

  Sanz, Rubén ^a   Pulido, Fernando ^a   Julio Camarero, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Betula alba; Marginal populations; Topographic refuges; Tree relicts

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COLONIZATION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DESICCATION; GENOTYPE; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; MICROHABITAT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RIPARIAN VEGETATION; RISK FACTOR; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; STREAM; TOPOGRAPHY;

SPAIN;

BETULA; BETULA PUBESCENS;

EID: 80051540068     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0076-0     Document Type: Article

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