Regeneration failure of Pinus halepensis Mill.: The role of autotoxicity and some abiotic environmental parameters

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2928-2936

  Fernandez, Catherine ^a   Voiriot, Sébastien ^a   Mévy, Jean Philippe ^a   Vila, Bruno ^a   Ormeño, Elena ^a   Dupouyet, Sylvie ^a   Bousquet Mélou, Anne ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Germination; Pinus halepensis; Recruitment; Secondary metabolism; Soil and litter quality

Indexed keywords

SOILS;

ALLELOCHEMICALS; AUTOTOXICITY; REGENERATION FAILURE; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SEEDLING GROWTH; SOIL AND LITTER QUALITY;

FORESTRY;

ALLELOCHEMICAL; ALLELOPATHY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DROUGHT; GERMINATION; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LITTER; METABOLISM; MORTALITY; PHENOLIC COMPOUND; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL QUALITY; SUCCESSION; TERPENE; TOXICITY;

FOREST LITTER; GERMINATION; PINUS;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 41949124250     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.072     Document Type: Article

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