Environmental variables influencing regeneration of Nothofagus pumilio in a system with combined aggregated and dispersed retention

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-186

  Martínez Pastur, Guillermo J ^a   Cellini, Juan M ^b   Lencinas, María V ^a   Barrera, Marcelo ^b   Peri, Pablo L ^c  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PATAGONIA AUSTRAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Aggregated retention; Dispersed retention; Light availability; Soil moisture; Sustainable forestry

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC FACTORS; AGGREGATED RETENTION; CANOPY COVER; CLOSE PROXIMITY; DISPERSED RETENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL VARIABLES; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROENVIRONMENTS; NATURAL REGENERATION; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; NOTHOFAGUS; POTENTIAL GROWTH; SILVICULTURAL PRESCRIPTIONS; SOIL MOISTURE AVAILABILITY; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY COVER; VARIABLE RETENTIONS;

AGGLOMERATION; DEBRIS; HARVESTING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; TIMBER;

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY; DICOTYLEDON; DISPERSION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MICROCLIMATE; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; UNDERSTORY;

NOTHOFAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS PUMILIO;

EID: 78149470353     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

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