Introducing resprouters to enhance Mediterranean forest resilience: importance of functional traits to select species according to a gradient of pine density

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1735-1745

  Gavinet, Jordane ^a,b   Prévosto, Bernard ^a   Fernandez, Catherine ^b  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

forest dynamics; forest resilience; functional strategy; leaf traits; phenology; pine habitat; plant plant interactions; resprouters; restoration; seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST COVER; FOREST DYNAMICS; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; GROWTH RATE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEAF AREA; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOINHIBITION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; RESPROUTING; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHADE TOLERANCE; SHRUB; SURVIVAL;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAXINUS ORNUS; PISTACIA TEREBINTHUS; SORBUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84977111311     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12716     Document Type: Article

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