Impact of soil surface disturbances on functional group diversity after clear-cutting in Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) forests in southern France

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 180, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 165-174

  Gondard, Hélène ^a   Romane, François ^a   Aronson, James ^a   Shater, Zuheir ^a,b  

^a CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^b Faculty of Agronomy   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Clear cutting; Disturbance; Functional groups; Miller; Pinus halepensis; Soil

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CULTIVATION; LOGGING (FORESTRY); PLANTS (BOTANY);

SOIL SURFACES;

SOILS;

CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; MACHINERY; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

(SOUTH); FRANCE;

ACRONICTA LEPORINA; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 0037593592     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00597-2     Document Type: Article

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