Pine plantation bands limit seedling recruitment of a perennial grass under semiarid conditions

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 120-126

  Navarro Cano, J A ^a   Barbera G G ^a   Ruiz Navarro, A ^a   Castillo, V M ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Allelopathy; Direct sowing; Litter; Pinus halepensis; Plant dynamics; Stipa tenacissima

Indexed keywords

ALLELOPATHY; COEXISTENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS TREE; GRASS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LITTER; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PERENNIAL PLANT; PLANTATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY; SOWING;

PINUS HALEPENSIS; STIPA TENACISSIMA;

EID: 56949093694     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: 1095922X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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