Which are the factors controlling tree seedling establishment in North Italian floodplain forests invaded by non-native tree species?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 192-203

  Terwei, André ^a   Zerbe, Stefan ^a   Zeileis, Achim ^b   Annighöfer, Peter ^c   Kawaletz, Heike ^c   Mölder, Inga ^d   Ammer, Christian ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d Energieagentur Region Göttingen eV ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

Hurdle negative binomial model; Natural forest regeneration; Non metric multidimensional scaling; Prunus serotina Ehrh.; Robinia pseudoacacia L.; Woody invaders

Indexed keywords

NATURAL FOREST REGENERATIONS; NEGATIVE BINOMIAL MODELS; NON-METRIC MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PRUNUS SEROTINA EHRH; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA L; WOODY INVADERS;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); FLOODS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; SOILS;

REFORESTATION;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY; CONIFEROUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOODPLAIN; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUMIDITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; REGENERATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SUCCESSION;

ITALY; PO PLAIN;

CARPINUS BETULUS; PRUNUS; PRUNUS SEROTINA; QUERCUS ROBUR; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA; ULMUS; ULMUS MINOR;

EID: 84878462196     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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