Recruitment limitation in dry sclerophyll forests: Regeneration requirements and potential density-dependent effects in Eucalyptus tricarpa (L.A.S. Johnson) L.A.S. Johnson & K.D. Hill (Myrtaceae)

Austral Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 936-943

  Orscheg, C K ^a   Enright, N J ^a,c   Coates, F ^b   Thomas, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b ARTHUR RYLAH INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competition; Eucalyptus; Germination; Recruitment limitation; Regeneration; Seed; Stem density

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALLEE EFFECT; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; DISTURBANCE; EMISSIONS TRADING; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST COVER; FOREST FIRE; FORESTED CATCHMENT; GERMINATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLLEN LIMITATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEX ALLOCATION; STEM; VIABILITY;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 82355170556     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2010.02221.x     Document Type: Article

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