Benefits of using shrubs as nurse plants for reforestation in Mediterranean mountains: A 4-year study

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 352-358

  Castro, Jorge ^a,b   Zamora, Regino ^a   Hódar, José A ^a   Gómez, José M ^a   Gómez Aparicio, Lorena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Mediterranean ecosystems; Nurse plants; Pinus silviculture

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; NURSE PLANT; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE;

ANDALUCIA; BETIC CORDILLERA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SIERRA NEVADA [BETIC CORDILLERA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SALVIA; SALVIA LAVANDULIFOLIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1842607969     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1061-2971.2004.0316.x     Document Type: Article

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