Clipping herbaceous vegetation improves early performance of planted seedlings of the Mediterranean shrub Quercus coccifera

Web Ecology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages 120-131

  Rey Benayas, Jose M ^a   Fernandez A ^a   Aubenau, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; BELOWGROUND BIOMASS; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CLIPPING; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); GROWTH RATE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; WATER STRESS;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA;

EID: 38349117090     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13991183     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-7-120-2007     Document Type: Article

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