Stand-level drivers of tree-species diversification in Mediterranean pine forests after abandonment of traditional practices

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 353, Issue , 2015, Pages 107-117

  Martín Alcón, Santiago ^a   Coll, Lluís ^a,b   Salekin, Serajis ^a  

^a CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC FORESTAL DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b CREAF   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canopy attributes; Mixed forests; Oak recruitment; Pinus nigra; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

REFORESTATION;

CANOPY ATTRIBUTES; MIXED FORESTS; OAK RECRUITMENTS; PINUS NIGRA; REGENERATION;

FORESTRY;

ABATEMENT COST; ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; EVERGREEN TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

CATALONIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84937966615     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2015.05.022     Document Type: Article

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