Tree regeneration under high levels of wild ungulates: The use of chemically vs. physically-defended shrubs

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 312, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-54

  Perea, Ramón ^a   Gil, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abiotic stress; Browsing; Mediterranean; Quercus; Restoration; Shrub facilitation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC STRESS; BROWSING; MEDITERRANEAN; QUERCUS; SHRUB FACILITATION;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; RESTORATION;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; DAMAGE; DECIDUOUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FACILITATION; PHYSICAL DEFENSE; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE; VEGETATION COVER; WILD POPULATION;

CERVIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS PYRENAICA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNGULATA;

EID: 84888137012     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.10.022     Document Type: Article

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