Litter fall in Mediterranean Pinus pinaster Ait. stands under different thinning regimes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 179-190

  Roig, Sonia ^a   Del Río, Miren ^a   Cañellas, Isabel ^a   Montero, Gregorio ^a  

^a Ctra Coruna Km 7 5 28040 M   (India)

Author keywords

Litter fall pattern; Nutrient composition; Nutrient cycle; Pines; Thinning treatments

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC VARIABLES; PINE AFFORESTATION; THINNING INTENSITY;

CLIMATOLOGY; ECOLOGY; MOISTURE;

FORESTRY;

AFFORESTATION; LITTERFALL; NUTRIENT CYCLING; THINNING;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PINUS;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CIUDAD REAL [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUENCALIENTE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 11844306694     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.068     Document Type: Article

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