Inter-annual variability of seed rain and seedling establishment of two woody Mediterranean species under field-induced drought and warming

Population Ecology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-289

  del Cacho, Montse ^a,b   Estiarte, Marc ^a,c   Peñuelas, Josep ^a,c   Lloret, Francisco ^a,b  

^a CREAF   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Mediterranean type ecosystems; Micro site; Seedling; Shrubland; Vegetation patchiness

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; DROUGHT STRESS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PATCHINESS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEED RAIN; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUBLAND; VEGETATION COVER; WOODY PLANT;

ERICA MULTIFLORA; GLOBULARIA ALYPUM;

EID: 84876452274     PISSN: 14383896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10144-013-0365-6     Document Type: Article

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