Biodiversity as insurance for sapling survival in experimental tree plantations

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1777-1786

  Van de Peer, Thomas ^a,b   Verheyen, Kris ^b   Baeten, Lander ^b   Ponette, Quentin ^c   Muys, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biodiversity insurance hypothesis; buffering; ecosystem function; facilitation; forest management; mortality; performance enhancing; risk reduction; saplings; species richness

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPENSATION; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FACILITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MONOCULTURE; MORTALITY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANTATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAPLING; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SURVIVAL;

BELGIUM;

EID: 84978903900     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12721     Document Type: Article

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