Direct and indirect effects of tree canopy facilitation in the recruitment of Mediterranean oaks

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-358

  Caldeira, Maria C ^a   Ibáñez, Inés ^b   Nogueira, Carla ^a   Bugalho, Miguel N ^c   Lecomte, Xavier ^a   Moreira, Andreia ^a   Pereira, João S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Climate change; Herb management; High temperatures; Positive interactions; Quercus ilex; Quercus suber; Tree recruitment

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; DATA SET; DROUGHT STRESS; EVERGREEN TREE; FACILITATION; GROWTH RATE; HERB; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LIGHT EFFECT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING; SOIL MOISTURE; WOODLAND;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 84896388609     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12189     Document Type: Article

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