Effects of land-use and landscape structure on holm oak recruitment and regeneration at farm level in Quercus ilex L. dehesas

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 345-364

  Plieninger, Tobias ^a   Pulido, Fernando J ^b   Schaich, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agroforestry; Cultivation; Grazing; Holm oak; Mediterranean forest; Microhabitat; Spain; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; MICROHABITAT; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 1642407590     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(03)00103-4     Document Type: Article

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