Assessing the resilience of Mediterranean holm oaks to disturbances using selective thinning

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 849-854

  López, Bernat C ^a,b   Gracia, Carlos A ^b,c   Sabaté, Santiago ^b,c   Keenan, Trevor ^b  

^a Faculty of Biosciences   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Mediterranean forest; NIRS; Quercus ilex; Resilience; Resprouting; Starch; Thinning

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE INDEX; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; LIGNIN; RESPROUTING; SELECTIVE LOGGING; STARCH; THINNING;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

ILEX; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 70350125885     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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