Production patterns of understory layers in several Galician (NW Spain) woodlands. Seasonality, net productivity and renewal rates

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 109, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 251-259

  Gonzalez Hernandez M P ^a   Silva Pando, F J ^a   Jiménez, M Casal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Cutting effect; Eucalyptus; Oakwood; Pinewood; Tree density

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; SCRUB; SEASONALITY; UNDERSTORY;

SPAIN;

EID: 0032538135     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(98)00253-9     Document Type: Article

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