Applying plant facilitation to forest restoration in Mediterranean ecosystems: a meta-analysis of the use of shrubs as nurse plants

11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, 75 references. We thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, and the Direction of the National Park of Sierra Nevada for permission to field work, constant support and facilities. We are also especially grateful to Empresa de Transformación Agraria S.A....

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Autores: Gómez Aparicio, Lorena, Zamora Rodríguez, Regino, Gómez Reyes, José M., Hódar, José Antonio, Castro Gutiérrez, Jorge, Baraza, Elena
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2004
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/41065
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/41065
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Abiotic stress
Ecological succession
Mediterranean mountains
Meta-analysis
Nurse shrubs
Plant–plant interactions
Reforestation
Spatial and temporal variability
Tree and shrub seedlings
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Sumario:11 pages, 4 figures, 1 table, 75 references. We thank the Consejería de Medio Ambiente, Junta de Andalucía, and the Direction of the National Park of Sierra Nevada for permission to field work, constant support and facilities. We are also especially grateful to Empresa de Transformación Agraria S.A. (TRAGSA) for carrying out the experimental reforestation. We thank Sergio de Haro and several students for field assistance. David Nesbitt looked over the English version of the manuscript.