Performance of Quercus ilex saplings planted in abandoned Mediterranean cropland after long-term interruption of their management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 194, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 223-233

  Rey Benayas, José M ^a   Camacho Cruz, Angélica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Artificial shading; Growth; Mortality; Reproduction; Summer irrigation; Trade off

Indexed keywords

COSTS; CROPS; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; IRRIGATION; SEED;

GROWTH PATTERNS; SAPLINGS;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; FOREST MANAGEMENT; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SAPLING; SHADING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 2942568647     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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