Are Pinus halepensis plantations useful as a restoration tool in semiarid Mediterranean areas?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 198, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Maestre, Fernando T ^a,b   Cortina, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Mediterranean; Pinus halepensis; Plantation; Restoration; Semiarid

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; HYDROLOGY; PEST CONTROL; SOILS; VEGETATION; WATER;

FORESTS FIRES; RESTORATION TOOLS; SHRUBLANDS; SPONTANEOUS VEGETATIONS;

FORESTRY;

PLANTATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HYDROLOGY; PLANTS; SOIL; WATER;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 3543093905     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.05.040     Document Type: Article

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