Relative size to resprouters determines post-fire recruitment of non-serotinous pines
Relative size to resprouters determines post-fire recruitment of non-serotinous pines
M. Sánchez-Pinillos,A. Améztegui,T. Kitzberger,L. Coll
2018 · DOI: 10.1016/J.FORECO.2018.07.009
Forest Ecology and Management · 10 Citations
TLDR
A self-reinforcing hierarchical process by which early-dispersed seedlings growing in low-competitive microsites can grow faster, mitigating neighboring competition in the later stage of canopy closure is suggested.