Clear-cut effects on chestnut forest soils under stressful conditions: Lengthening of time-rotation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 195-204

  Rubio, Agustín ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chestnut coppice stands; Clear cutting; Sustainability; Time rotation lengthening

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; NATURAL RESOURCES; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

FOREST SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

CLEARCUTTING; CROP ROTATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FOREST SOIL; SILVICULTURE; SOIL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY;

SPAIN;

CASTANEA SATIVA;

EID: 0042695599     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00115-4     Document Type: Article

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