Establishment constraints of an alien and a native conifer in different habitats

Biological Invasions

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1279-1289

  Carrillo Gavilán, Amparo ^a   Espelta, Josep Maria ^b   Vilà, Montserrat ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abies alba; Germination; Invasibility; Pseudotsuga menziesii; Seed removal; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DROUGHT STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GERMINATION; HABITAT TYPE; HEATHLAND; INVASIBILITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; LIFE CYCLE; MORTALITY; NATIVE SPECIES; PIG; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WILD POPULATION;

EUROPE; UNITED STATES;

ABIES; ABIES ALBA; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84861012639     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-011-0155-z     Document Type: Article

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