Fruit production of strawberry tree (Arbutus unedo L.) in two Spanish forests

Forestry

Volumn 84, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 419-429

  Molina, María ^a   Pardo De Santayana, Manuel ^b   Aceituno, Laura ^a   Morales, Ramón ^c   Tardío, Javier ^a  

^a Instituto Madrileño de Investigación y Desarrollo Rural Agrario y Alimentario IMIDRA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGROMETEOROLOGY; CULTIVATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; FORESTRY PRODUCTION; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SPAIN;

ARBUTUS UNEDO; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 80053253259     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpr031     Document Type: Article

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