Limits of pine forest distribution at the treeline: Herbivory matters

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 459-469

  Herrero, A ^a   Zamora, R ^a   Castro, J ^a   Hodar J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Insect herbivory; Mediterranean mountain; Pinus nigra; Pinus sylvestris; Treeline dynamics; Ungulate browsing

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; COEXISTENCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HERBIVORE; INSECT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; SAPLING; TREELINE; UNGULATE; VULNERABILITY;

HEXAPODA; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84857921103     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-011-9993-0     Document Type: Article

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