Nucleation-driven regeneration promotes post-fire recovery in a Chilean temperate forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 214, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 765-776

  Albornoz, Felipe E ^a,b,c   Gaxiola, Aurora ^a,b   Seaman, Bárbara J ^a,b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^d   Armesto, Juan J ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA Y BIODIVERSIDAD IEB   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dispersal syndrome; Facilitation; Forest fire; Nurse plant; Perch effect; Restoration; Soil waterlogging; Temperate rainforest

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FACILITATION; FIRE BEHAVIOR; FOREST FIRE; NUCLEATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CHILE;

AVES;

EID: 84878110908     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-013-0206-x     Document Type: Article

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