Does shelter enhance early seedling survival in dry environments? A test with eight Mediterranean species

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-39

  Padilla, Francisco M ^a   Miranda, Juan de Dios ^a   Ortega, Rafael ^b   Hervás, Manuel ^b   Sánchez, Joaquín ^b   Pugnaire, Francisco I ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Drought; Forest restoration; Tree shelters; Woody seedlings

Indexed keywords

CERATONIA SILIQUA; ILEX; JUNIPERUS; JUNIPERUS PHOENICEA; OLEA EUROPAEA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS; QUERCUS COCCIFERA; QUERCUS ILEX; TETRACLINIS ARTICULATA;

EID: 78651459989     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: 1654109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1654-109X.2010.01094.x     Document Type: Article

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