Are silvopastoral systems compatible with forest regeneration? An integrative approach in southern Patagonia

Agroforestry Systems

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1213-1227

  Soler, Rosina ^a   Pastur, Guillermo Martínez ^a   Peri, Pablo ^b   Lencinas, María Vanessa ^a   Pulido, Fernando ^c  

^a CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^b INTA UNPA CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flowering; Forest management; Recruitment; Reproductive losses; Seed predation; Seedling survival

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FLOWERING; FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FRUITING; INSECT; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LITTERFALL; MICROCLIMATE; PREDATION; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEED PRODUCTION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURVIVAL; UNDERSTORY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84887988508     PISSN: 01674366     EISSN: 15729680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10457-013-9631-z     Document Type: Article

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