Spatio-temporal heterogeneity effects on seedling growth and establishment in four Quercus species

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1217-1232

  González Rodríguez, Victoria ^a   Villar, Rafael ^a   Casado, Raquel ^a   Suárez Bonnet, Elena ^a   Quero, José Luis ^b   Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M ^c  

^a Campus de Rabanales ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^c Campus de Rabanales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Oak; Regeneration; SADIE; Seedling performance; Survival; Variability

Indexed keywords

DRY SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH; HABITAT RESTORATION; HERB; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FAGINEA; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 80855165082     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-011-0069-z     Document Type: Article

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