Landscape and microenvironmental conditions influence over regeneration dynamics in old-growth Nothofagus betuloides Southern Patagonian forests

Plant Biosystems

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 201-213

  Martinez Pastur G ^a   Jordan C ^b   Soler Esteban, R ^a   Lencinas, M V ^a   Ivancich, H ^a   Kreps, G ^a  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

forest microenvironments; growth; Landscape; light availability; recruitment; soil moisture

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; FILICOPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS BETULOIDES;

EID: 84859624449     PISSN: 11263504     EISSN: 17245575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11263504.2011.650725     Document Type: Article

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