Bottlenecks for plant recruitment in woodland remnants: An ornithochorous shrub in a Mediterranean 'relictual' landscape

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 111-122

  González Varo, Juan P ^a   Nora, Sofia ^b   Aparicio, Abelardo ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat fragmentation; Habitat quality; Microhabitats; Myrtus communis; Recruitment limitation; Regeneration; Transition probabilities

Indexed keywords

EDGE EFFECT; FECUNDITY; FRUGIVORY; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; ORNITHOPHILY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROBABILITY; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RELICT SPECIES; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SHRUB; WOODLAND;

AVES; MYRTUS COMMUNIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 84859627281     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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