Understory vegetation as indicators of soil characteristics in northwest Spain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 101-111

  Zas, R ^a   Alonso, M ^a  

^a CIFA Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Forest plantation; Indicator; Land use; Soil properties; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; CALCIUM; FORESTRY; LAND USE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SOILS;

PLANTATIONS;

VEGETATION;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOINDICATOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL PROPERTY; UNDERSTORY;

SPAIN;

DABOECIA CANTABRICA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; ERICA; HOLCUS; HOLCUS LANATUS; LANCEOLATA; LITHODORA; LOTUS; LOTUS CORNICULATUS; PLANTAGO; PLANTAGO LANCEOLATA; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM PRATENSE; ULEX; ULEX EUROPAEUS;

EID: 0036841058     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00464-4     Document Type: Article

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