Survival and early growth of mixed forest stands installed in a Mediterranean Region: Effects of site preparation intensity

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 262, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1905-1912

  Fonseca, Felícia ^a   de Figueiredo, Tomás ^a   Martins, Afonso ^b  

^a INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE BRAGANÇA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRÁS OS MONTES AND ALTO DOURO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Castanea sativa; Growth; Mediterranean Region; Mortality; Plantation; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

CASTANEA SATIVA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MORTALITY; PLANTATION; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

DROUGHT; EXPERIMENTS; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

ECOLOGY;

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PLANTATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SITE PREPARATION; STAND STRUCTURE; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHY; WATER AVAILABILITY;

MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PORTUGAL;

CASTANEA SATIVA; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 80555155631     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.01.040     Document Type: Article

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