Effects of competition and indirect facilitation by shrubs on Quercus robur saplings

Plant Ecology

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-543

  Jensen, Anna M ^a   Löf, Magnus ^a   Witzell, Johanna ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Indirect effect; Nurse plants; Plant plant interactions; Regeneration; Restoration

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COEXISTENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FACILITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NURSE PLANT; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SHRUB;

SWEDEN;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 84859270381     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-012-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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