Site preparation, stock quality and planting date effect on early establishment of Holm oak (Quercus ilex L.) seedlings

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-46

  Palacios, Guillermo ^a   Navarro Cerrillo, Rafael M ^a   del Campo, Antonio ^b   Toral, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b School of Forestry   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forests; Reforestation; Seedling quality; Subsoiling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GROWTH (MATERIALS); PLANTS (BOTANY); REFORESTATION; REVEGETATION; SOILS;

DIAMETER GROWTHS; GROWING SEASONS; HEIGHT GROWTHS; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; MEDITERRANEAN FORESTS; PLANTING DATE EFFECTS; PLANTING DATES; QUERCUS ILEXES; SEEDLING QUALITY; SITE PREPARATIONS; SOIL PREPARATIONS; SOIL TREATMENTS; SUBSOILING; SURVIVAL AND GROWTHS; SURVIVAL RATES;

FORESTRY;

DICOTYLEDON; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RESPONSE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NURSERY GROUND; REFORESTATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SITE PREPARATION; SUBSOIL; SURVIVAL;

ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 57849140087     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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