Species richness and wood production: A positive association in Mediterranean forests

Ecology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-250

  Vilà, Montserrat ^a   Vayreda, Jordi ^b   Comas, Lluís ^b   Ibáñez, Joan Josep ^b   Mata, Teresa ^b   Obón, Berta ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AET; Ecosystem functioning; Functional group; Mediterranean forests; Mixed forests; Permanent plot; Plant yield; Regional analysis; Species diversity; Tree wood production

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUCCESSION; WOOD;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TREE; WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TREES; WOOD;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33847021204     PISSN: 1461023X     EISSN: 14610248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2007.01016.x     Document Type: Article

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