Comparison of community structure and soil characteristics in different aged Pinus sylvestris plantations and a natural pine forest

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 247, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 35-42

  Marcos, J A ^a   Marcos, E ^a   Taboada, A ^a   Tarrega R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diversity; Plantation; Scots pine; Soil characteristics; Stand structure; Tree variability; Understory

Indexed keywords

K CONTENT; PHOSPHORUS CONTENT; PLANTED GROUPS; WOODY SPECIES;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; ECOSYSTEMS; PH; SOILS; WOOD;

FORESTRY;

AGE STRUCTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; PLANTATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SOIL STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; UNDERSTORY;

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; SOIL; WOOD;

CASTILLA Y LEON; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEON [CASTILLA Y LEON]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34447272024     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.04.022     Document Type: Article

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