Response of biomass allocation patterns to thinning in Pinus halepensis differs under dry and semiarid Mediterranean climates

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 595-607

  Alfaro Sánchez, Raquel ^a   López Serrano, Francisco R ^a   Rubio, Eva ^a   Sánchez Salguero, Raúl ^b,c   Moya, Daniel ^a   Hernández Tecles, Enrique ^a   De Las Heras, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c SWISS FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE WSL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive forest management; Biomass allocation; Biomass equations; Reproductive effort; Young post fire Aleppo pine trees

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; ARID REGION; BIOMASS ALLOCATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LIMITING FACTOR; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PARAMETERIZATION; REGENERATION; REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT; SEMIARID REGION; THINNING; WILDFIRE;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84934970634     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-015-0480-y     Document Type: Article

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