The role of temporal shrub encroachment for the maintenance of Spanish holm oak Quercus ilex dehesas

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 1976-1983

  Ramírez, José Alberto ^a   Díaz, Mario ^b  

^a INIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehesa; Quercus ilex; Regeneration; Rotational set aside; Shrub cover; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NATURAL TREE REGENERATION; ROTATIONAL SET-ASIDE;

FORESTRY;

ABANDONED LAND; AGROFORESTRY; BIODIVERSITY; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASSLAND; GROWTH RATE; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SHRUB; SIZE STRUCTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; PLANTS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; CYTISUS; CYTISUS MULTIFLORUS; ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 39749088138     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.12.019     Document Type: Article

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