Spatial dynamics of natural regeneration in two differently managed Pinus sylvestris stands before and after silvicultural intervention using replicated spatial point patterns

Forest Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 260-272

  Pardos, Marta ^a   Montes, Fernando ^b   Cañellas, Isabel ^a  

^a Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Intertype Lrs(d) function; K rx(d) function; L(d) function; Light environment; Pinus sylvestris

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; COMPUTER NETWORKS;

INDIVIDUAL (PSS 544-7); REGENERATION (RENOVATING); SOIL PREPARATION; SPATIAL DYNAMICS; SPATIAL PATTERNING; SPATIAL POINT PATTERNS; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIP ('MA' PERCEPTIVE DISTANCE);

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS;

PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 45749092538     PISSN: 0015749X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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