Early establishment of planted Retama sphaerocarpa seedlings under different levels of light, water and weed competition

Plant Ecology

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 201-209

  Benayas, José María Rey ^a   López Pintor, Antonio ^a   García, Carmen ^b   De la Cámara, Nuria ^b   Strasser, Reto ^b   Sal, Antonio Gómez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Abandoned Mediterranean cropland; Artificial shading; Fluorescence Performance Index; Irrigation; Shrub establishment; Weed biomass

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); LIGHT AVAILABILITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; WATER AVAILABILITY; WEED;

SPAIN;

RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 0036276777     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1015562623751     Document Type: Article

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