Soil properties and plant community in different aged Pinus halepensis Mill. Plantations in arid Mediterranean areas: The case of Southern Tunisia

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 32-39

  Jeddi, K ^a   Chaieb, M ^a  

^a Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Age; Arid mediterranean areas; P. halepensis; Restoration; Soil properties; Tunisia; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGE; MEDITERRANEAN AREAS; SOIL PROPERTY; TUNISIA; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

CONSERVATION; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION;

PLANT SHUTDOWNS;

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; LAND DEGRADATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEMIARID REGION; SOIL PROPERTY; UNDERSTORY;

CONSERVATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOISTURE; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SHUTDOWN; SOIL; TUNISIA;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TUNISIA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 77953713579     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.964     Document Type: Article

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