The weight of the past: Land-use legacies and recolonization of pine plantations by oak trees

Ecological Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1267-1276

  Navarro González, Irene ^a   Pérez Luque, Antonio J ^a   Bonet, Francisco J ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biological legacies; Historical vs. ecological factors; Land use change; Land use legacies; Pine density; Pine plantations; Quercus regeneration; Seed dispersal

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LAND USE CHANGE; ORTHOPHOTO; PROPAGULE; RECOLONIZATION; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEED DISPERSAL;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; OAK; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; SPAIN; TREE;

AGRICULTURE; ECOSYSTEM; PINUS; QUERCUS; SPAIN; TREES;

SPAIN;

EID: 84884221057     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0459.1     Document Type: Article

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