Pinus halepensis invasion in Pinus pinea habitat in Strofylia forest (Site of NATURA 2000 network), southern Greece

Journal for Nature Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 106-117

  Ganatsas, Petros ^a   Thanasis, Gerasimos ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aleppo pine; Ecological succession; Stem analysis; Umbrella pine

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; BIOTOPE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DOMINANCE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; SEED DISPERSAL; SEED PRODUCTION; STAND STRUCTURE; STEM; SUCCESSION;

GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

AVES; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINEA; SCIADOPITYS VERTICILLATA;

EID: 77950595232     PISSN: 16171381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnc.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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