Deep planting with shelters improves performance of different stocktype sizes under arid Mediterranean conditions

New Forests

Volumn 43, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 925-939

  Oliet, Juan A ^a   Artero, Francisco ^b   Cuadros, Simón ^c   Puértolas, Jaime ^d   Luna, Lourdes ^c   Grau, Jose M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Container size; Planting depth; Shoot to root ratio; Tree shelters; Zizyphus lotus

Indexed keywords

ARID CONDITIONS; DRY AREAS; DRY CONDITION; DRY MASS; FACTORIAL EXPERIMENT; FIRST YEAR; GROUND LEVEL; NUTRIENT STATUS; OUTPLANTING; PLANT SIZE; PLANTING DEPTH; ROOT GROWTH POTENTIAL; SHOOT-TO-ROOT RATIOS; STOCK SIZE; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH; TOTAL BIOMASS; TREE SHELTERS; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT; WATER POTENTIAL; ZIZYPHUS LOTUS;

CONTAINERS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY;

SEED;

ARID REGION; GROWTH RATE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYTOMASS; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING; SHELTER; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; TREE PLANTING; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER CONTENT;

SPAIN;

ZIZIPHUS; ZIZIPHUS LOTUS;

EID: 84865440066     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-012-9345-5     Document Type: Article

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