RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Seedling survival patterns in Macaronesian laurel forest: a long-term study in Tenerife (Canary Islands) A1 Fernández Lugo, Silvia A1 Nascimento Reyes, Lea de A1 Méndez, J. A1 González-Delgado, Guacimara A1 Gomes, E. P. C. A1 Otto, Rüdiger A1 Arévalo, José Ramón A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María K1 Macaronesian laurel forest K1 Forest structure K1 Bosque de laurel macaronésico K1 Estructura del bosque AB Seedling dynamics of the Macaronesian laurel forest have been monitored for the first time in a long-term study todetermine whether the survival of the seedling community is affected by slope aspect and forest structure. Morethan 4000 seedlingswere monitored monthly from2000 to 2003 inwell-preserved laurel forest stands on Tenerife,Canary Islands. Trees and seedling bank species composition differed between windward and leeward slopes. Onboth slopes, differences in species composition between the canopy and the seedling bank suggest future shifts incanopy species composition towards a more advanced successional stage. Surprisingly, seedling survival washigher on the drier leeward than on the wetter windward slope. This seems to be related to environmental andstructural differences of the forest stand between slope aspects (e.g. larger trees, higher canopy cover and treedensity and lower light penetration in windward plots). Analysed species have long-lived seedling banks with survivalrates of 12 per cent and 5 per cent in the long term (12 years) for leeward and windward slopes, respectively,with significant differences among species. This result reflects the high regeneration potential of the forest in wellpreservedstands, indicating that no management interventions are required to ensure the regeneration of thisendemic forest PB Oxford University Press SN 0015-752X YR 2014 FD 2014 LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/16478 UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/16478 LA en DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna RD 29-mar-2024