The role of germination microsite in the establishment of sugar pine and Jeffrey pine seedlings

Mature shrubs can provide microhabitats that are beneficial to tree seedling growth and development. Sugar pine trees ( Pinus lambertiana) grow in a narrow zone on the eastern slope of the Carson Range in extreme western Nevada, whereas Jeffrey pine ( Pinus jeffreyi) is the dominant tree species in...

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Published in:	Forest ecology and management Vol. 260; no. 5; pp. 806 - 813
Main Authors:	Legras, Elaine C., Vander Wall, Stephen B., Board, David I.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier B.V 30.07.2010 [Amsterdam]: Elsevier Science Elsevier
Subjects:	Animal and plant ecology Animal, plant and microbial ecology Arctostaphylos patula Biological and medical sciences canopy dry environmental conditions Emergence Failure forest ecosystems forest regeneration Forestry Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology interspecific variation light intensity Litter Microhabitat Microhabitats mountains Nevada Nurse plant Pine Pinus jeffreyi Pinus lambertiana plant establishment Purshia tridentata Scatter hoarding seed development Seed dispersal seed germination seedling emergence Seedling establishment shade Shades shrubs Sierra Nevada soil water species differences Sugars Survival symbionts Synecology Terrestrial ecosystems Trees viability Nevada USA, Nevada Microhabitat Seedling establishment Nurse plant Sierra Nevada Scatter hoarding Seed dispersal Pinus jeffreyi Pinus lambertiana Germination Plant juvenile growth stage Forest ecology Physical environment Microenvironment Dispersion Mountain Dissemination Softwood forest tree Gymnospermae Forestry Coniferales Habitat Spermatophyta Developmental stage Pinus jejfreyi
ISSN:	0378-1127, 1872-7042
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