Exploring the early life-cycle stages in alien conifer species - CSIC

176 Pages·2011·5.79 MB·English

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M. Amparo Carrillo-Gavilán
From seed to seedling: Exploring the early life-cycle stages in alien conifer species
© M. Amparo Carrillo-Gavilán, 2011, Bellaterra (Barcelona, Spain)
Illustrations: Elena Caballero
Cover design: Pedro Peinado
Page layout: Rafa Ferreiro
From seed to seedling: Exploring the early
life-cycle stages in alien conifer species
De semilla a plántula: Explorando los
estadios iniciales del ciclo de vida en coníferas
exóticas
PhD Thesis
M. Amparo Carrillo-Gavilán
Bellaterra, July 2011

Supervisor
Dra. Montserrat Vilà Planella
Professor of Research
Department of Integrative Ecology
Doñana Biological Station -CSIC (EBD-CSIC)
Sevilla-Spain
Tutor
Dr. Jordi Martínez-Vilalta
Senior Lecturer
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) &
Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF)
Bellaterra, Barcelona-Spain

A mis padres,
por estar ahí siempre
A Elizabeth y Juanko,
por ser como sois

Plántula, buena plántula, que tras la borrasca
te erguiste en desnudez y desaliento,
sobre una gran alfombra de hojarasca
que removía indiferente el viento (…)
Y en esa verde punta
que está brotando en ti de no sé dónde,
hay algo que en silencio me pregunta
o silenciosamente me responde.
Poema del Árbol (modificado) - Antonio Machado