Effect of artificial shelters of dead branches on acorn survival and dispersal in shrub-lacking Mediterranean dehesas

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 965-978

  Leiva, María José ^a   Vera, María ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acorn predation; Damaged oaks; Piles of branches; Shrub cover; Structural heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE;

ACORN PREDATION; ARTIFICIAL SHELTERS; DAMAGED OAKS; DISTURBED ECOSYSTEMS; PHYSICAL BARRIERS; SELF REGENERATION; SHRUB COVER; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY;

MAMMALS;

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; DECIDUOUS TREE; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; LIVESTOCK; REGENERATION; RODENT; SAVANNA; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PREDATION; SHELTER; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

MUS; QUERCUS; RODENTIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84944511581     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9486-4     Document Type: Article

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