Quercus ilex recruitment in a drier world: A multi-stage demographic approach

Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 106-117

  Pérez Ramos, Ignacio M ^a   Rodríguez Calcerrada, Jesús ^b   Ourcival, Jean M ^b   Rambal, Serge ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE RECURSOS NATURALES Y AGROBIOLOGÍA DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change; Functional traits; Mediterranean woodland; Microhabitats; Regeneration niche; Seedling growth

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FOREST DYNAMICS; HETEROGENEITY; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROHABITAT; ONTOGENY; PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY; PLANT COMMUNITY; PROBABILITY; RAINFALL; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SURVIVAL; WOODLAND;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84875527478     PISSN: 14338319     EISSN: 16180437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ppees.2012.12.005     Document Type: Article

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