Pines and oaks in the restoration of Mediterranean landscapes of Spain: New perspectives for an old practice - A review

Plant Ecology

Volumn 171, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 209-220

  Pausas, Juli G ^a,b   Bladé, Carme ^a   Valdecantos, Alejandro ^a   Seva, Jos P ^a   Fuentes, David ^a   Alloza, Jos A ^a   Vilagrosa, Alberto ^a   Bautista, Susana ^b   Cortina, Jordi ^b   Vallejo, Ramon ^a  

^a Parco Tecnolgico 46980 Paterna V   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fire; Pinus halepensis; Plantation; Quercus ilex; Reforestation; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

PLANTATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 3042764180     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000029381.63336.20     Document Type: Conference Paper

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