Potential use of pine plantations to restore native forests in a highly fragmented river basin

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Onaindia, Miren ^a   Mitxelena, Anaïs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beech; Forest biodiversity; Landscape; Oak; Pine plantation; Sustainable management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MIXED FOREST; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; RIVER BASIN; SUSTAINABILITY;

CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 64549158081     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest/2009002     Document Type: Article

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