Shrub species affect distinctively the functioning of scattered Quercus ilex trees in Mediterranean open woodlands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 261, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1750-1759

  Rolo, Víctor ^a   Moreno, Gerardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cistus ladanifer; Encroachment; Iberian dehesa; OJIP; Plat to plant interaction; Retama sphaerocarpa

Indexed keywords

CISTUS LADANIFER; ENCROACHMENT; IBERIAN DEHESA; OJIP; PLAT-TO-PLANT INTERACTION; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

CHLOROPHYLL; FORESTRY; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; WATER CONTENT;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

CHLOROPHYLL; EVERGREEN FOREST; FOREST COVER; GAS EXCHANGE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; ROOTING; SHRUB; UNDERSTORY; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; CASSIA; CHLOROPHYLLS; DROUGHT; FORESTS; MOISTURE CONTENT; NITROGEN; PHYSIOLOGY; QUERCUS ILEX; SEEDLINGS; SHRUBS; SPAIN;

SPAIN;

CISTUS; CISTUS LADANIFER; ILEX; QUERCUS ILEX; RETAMA; RETAMA SPHAEROCARPA;

EID: 79954989285     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.028     Document Type: Article

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