Afforestation with Pinus halepensis reduces native shrub performance in a Mediterranean semiarid area

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 25, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 7-15

  Bellot, Juan ^a   Maestre, Fernando T ^a   Chirino, Esteban ^a   Hernández, Noelia ^a   De Urbina, Juanna O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Ecophysiology; Mediterranean; Pinus halepensis; Semiarid; Shrubs; Soil moisture

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SHRUB; SOIL MOISTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ERICA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS LYCIOIDES;

EID: 1542319864     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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