The natural environment of Cupressus sempervirens in Greece as a basis for its use in the Mediterranean region

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 645-659

  Brofas, G ^a   Karetsos, G ^a   Dimopoulos, P ^b   Tsagari, C ^a  

^a Institute of Mediterranean Forest Ecosystems and Forest Products Technology Terma Alkmanos   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cupressus sempervirens; Ecology; Greece; Mediterranean; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; COMPOSITION; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; SOIL MECHANICS; VEGETATION;

CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS; GREECE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL SOIL PROPERTIES; XEROTHERMIC INDEX;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; VEGETATION;

CHIOS; DODECANESE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; IONIAN ISLANDS; KALYMNOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CUPRESSUS; CUPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS;

EID: 33845587359     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.750     Document Type: Article

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