Can we use shelterwoods in Mediterranean pine forests to promote oak seedling development?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1426-1433

  Prévosto, Bernard ^a   Monnier, Yogan ^a,b   Ripert, Christian ^a   Fernandez, Catherine ^b  

^a UR EMAX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Evergreen oak; Pinus halepensis; Seedling growth; Soil water content; Thinning; Winter deciduous oak

Indexed keywords

EVERGREEN OAK; PINUS HALEPENSIS; SEEDLING GROWTH; SOIL WATER CONTENT; THINNING; WINTER DECIDUOUS OAK;

ECOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; DIAMETER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL WATER; SURVIVAL; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; WATER CONTENT;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; FRANCE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PUBESCENS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL; THINNING;

FRANCE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION;

ILEX; PINUS HALEPENSIS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX; QUERCUS PUBESCENS;

EID: 80051804971     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.06.043     Document Type: Article

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