Scale-dependent segregation of seeders and resprouters in cork oak (Quercus suber) forests

Oecologia

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 503-510

  Coca, M ^a   Pausas, J G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^b CDIS UV Generalitat Valenciana)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cork oak forests; Disturbance; Mediterranean vegetation; Moisture regime; Post fire strategies

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; LINEARITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; RESPROUTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED; SLOPE; SPECIES RICHNESS; WATER AVAILABILITY; WILDFIRE; WOODLAND;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FIRE; GEOGRAPHY; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ECOSYSTEM; FIRES; GEOGRAPHY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; QUERCUS; REGENERATION; SEED DISPERSAL;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84860408389     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-011-2102-1     Document Type: Article

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