Tree shelters influence growth and survival of carob (Ceratonia siliqua L.) and cork oak (Quercus suber L.) plants on degraded Mediterranean sites

Advances in Ecological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue , 2001, Pages 635-644

  Marques, P M ^a   Ferreira, L ^a   Correia, O ^a   Martins Loucao M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; DROUGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; GLOBAL WARMING; LAND USE;

LAND-USE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES; SHADE ADAPTATION; SOIL DEGRADATION; TREE SHELTERS;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 2942661972     PISSN: 13698273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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