Adaptation of herbaceous plant species in the understorey of Pinus brutia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-16

  Koukoura, Z ^a   Kyriazopoulos, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Light intensity; Plant densities; Plant mortality

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST CANOPY; LEGUME; LIGHT INTENSITY; MORTALITY; PASTORALISM; PERENNIAL PLANT; POPULATION DENSITY; SILVICULTURE; UNDERSTORY;

AGROPYRON; AGROPYRON CRISTATUM; BROMUS; BROMUS HORDEACEUS HORDEACEUS; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; DESMODIUM; FESTUCA ARUNDINACEA; LOLIUM; LOLIUM RIGIDUM; MEDICAGO; MEDICAGO LUPULINA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; PINUS BRUTIA; POACEAE; TRIFOLIUM; TRIFOLIUM SUBTERRANEUM;

EID: 34247357384     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-007-9031-3     Document Type: Conference Paper

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