Regeneration dynamics of a mixed Mediterranean pine forest in the absence of fire

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 256, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1552-1559

  Fyllas, Nikolaos M ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, Panayiotis G ^a   Troumbis, Andreas Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Drought stress; Hemispherical photographs; Pine regeneration dynamics; Pinus brutia; Pinus nigra ssp. pallasiana; Vegetation transition zones

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; FORESTRY; GRADIENT METHODS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE;

DIFFERENT SIZES; DROUGHT CONDITIONS; DROUGHT STRESS; DROUGHT STRESSES; FUNCTIONAL TYPES; HEAT LOADS; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOGRAPHS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN BASIN; P. NIGRA; PINE FORESTS; PINE REGENERATION DYNAMICS; PINE SPECIES; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA SSP. PALLASIANA; REGENERATION DYNAMICS; SOIL DEPTHS; VEGETATION TRANSITION ZONES; WOODY SPECIES;

EMPLOYMENT;

DROUGHT STRESS; FIRE; FOREST DYNAMICS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MONTANE FOREST; REGENERATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; TREE; VEGETATION;

BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; DROUGHT; EMPLOYMENT; FORESTRY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA; PLANTS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; LESBOS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (EAST); NORTHERN AEGEAN; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

PINUS BRUTIA; PINUS NIGRA;

EID: 50849137142     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.06.046     Document Type: Article

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