Germination success, survival and seedling vigour of Quercus suber acorns in relation to insect damage

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 166, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 159-164

  Branco, Manuela ^a   Branco, Carmen ^a   Merouani, Hachemi ^a   Almeida, Maria Helena ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acorn germination; Insect attack; Seedling production

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; PRODUCTION; SEED;

INSECT DAMAGE;

FORESTRY;

GERMINATION; INSECT; PEST DAMAGE; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL;

COLEOPTERA; CURCULIO ELEPHAS; CURCULIONIDAE; CYDIA; ELEPHAS; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS SUBER; TORTRICIDAE;

EID: 0036679695     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(01)00669-7     Document Type: Article

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