Facilitation of tree saplings by nurse plants: microhabitat amelioration or protection against herbivores?
12 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables, 73 references. We thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, and the direction of the National Park, for permission to work in Sierra Nevada. We are especially grateful to Empresa de Transformación Agraria S.A. (TRAGSA) for carrying out the experimenta...
| Autores: | , , , |
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/41259 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/41259 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Abiotic stress Facilitation mechanism Herbivory pressure Mediterranean mountain Nurse shrub Sapling survival Species-specific effect |
| Sumario: | 12 pages, 4 figures, 4 tables, 73 references. We thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, and the direction of the National Park, for permission to work in Sierra Nevada. We are especially grateful to Empresa de Transformación Agraria S.A. (TRAGSA) for carrying out the experimental plantations. Jose M. Gómez, Sergio de Haro, Elena Baraza and Daniel García kindly helped with the field work. David Nesbitt looked over the English version of the manuscript. |
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