Use of shrubs as nurse plants: A new technique for reforestation in Mediterranean Mountains

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 297-305

  Castro, Jorge ^a   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   Gómez, José M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Mediterranean ecosystems; Nurse plant; Pinus; Reforestation

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

CONIFEROPHYTA; PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SALVIA; SALVIA LAVANDULIFOLIA;

EID: 0036081460     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2002.01022.x     Document Type: Article

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