Sprouting extends the regeneration niche in temperate rain forests: The case of the long-lived tree Eucryphia cordifolia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 321-326

  Escandón, Antonio B ^a   Paula, Susana ^b   Rojas, Roke ^b   Corcuera, Luis J ^a   Coopman, Rafael E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Gap colonization; Interactive abiotic stress; Niche breadth; Root suckers; Sapling survival

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; GAP COLONIZATION; NICHE BREADTH; ROOT SUCKERS; SAPLING SURVIVAL;

RAIN;

REFORESTATION;

COLONIZATION; DICOTYLEDON; DISTURBANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL ROLE; GAP DYNAMICS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NICHE BREADTH; RAINFOREST; REGENERATION; SAPLING; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84884233572     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.08.046     Document Type: Article

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