Effects of treeshelters and polyethylene mulch sheets on survival and growth of cork oak (Quercus suber L.) seedlings planted in northwestern Tunisia

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 722-731

  Chaar, Hatem ^a   Mechergui, Taher ^a   Khouaja, Ali ^a   Abid, Habib ^b  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^b Direction Generale du Genie Rural et de l'Exploitation des Eaux   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Cork oak; Growth; Herbivory; Plantation; Polyethylene sheets; Quercus suber L.; Treeshelter

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICALS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; GROWTH (MATERIALS); KETONES; THERMOPLASTICS; VEGETATION;

ELSEVIER (CO); EVERGREEN (CO); FIRST FLUSH; GROWTH UNITS; HEIGHT GROWTH; HEIGHT-TO-DIAMETER RATIOS; OAK SEEDLINGS; PLANTATION ESTABLISHMENT; PLASTIC MULCHING; QUERCUS; SEEDLING MORTALITY; SHOOT ELONGATION; STABILITY PROBLEMS; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TREE SHELTERS; TUNISIA; VEGETATION CONTROL;

FORESTRY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS TREE; GROWTH RESPONSE; MULCH; PLANTATION; SEEDLING; SHELTER; SHOOT GROWTH; SURVIVAL;

AGRICULTURE; CHEMICALS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; GROWTH; KETONES; PLANTATIONS; POLYETHYLENE; QUERCUS SUBER; SEEDLINGS; THERMOPLASTICS;

ANIMALIA; QUERCUS SUBER;

EID: 47049116769     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.05.027     Document Type: Article

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