Effects of thinning on seed rain, regeneration and understory vegetation in a Pinus canariensis plantation (Tenerife, Canary Islands)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 280, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-81

  Otto, Rüdiger ^a   García del Rey, Eduardo ^a   Méndez, Javier ^a   Fernández Palacios, José María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conservation; Diversity; GLMM; MRPP; Regeneration; Thinning

Indexed keywords

DIVERSITY; GLMM; MRPP; REGENERATION; THINNING;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; RAIN; VEGETATION;

REFORESTATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SEED RAIN; THINNING; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; PLANTS; RAIN; REFORESTATION; THINNING;

CANARY ISLANDS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SPAIN; TENERIFE;

PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 84863442279     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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