Summer drought and canopy opening increase the strength of the oak seedlings-shrub spatial association

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 345-355

  Muhamed, Hassan ^a   Maalouf, Jean Paul ^a   Michalet, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Point pattern analysis; Spatial association; Stress gradient hypothesis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DROUGHT STRESS; FACILITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; UNDERSTORY;

EID: 84875848332     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-013-0264-1     Document Type: Article

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