A new device to foster oak forest restoration via seed sowing

New Forests

Volumn 46, Issue 5-6, 2015, Pages 919-929

  Castro, Jorge ^a   Leverkus, Alexandro B ^a   Fuster, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Direct seeding; Forestry; Innovation; Seed predation; Technology

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; FORESTRY; INNOVATION; MAMMALS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; TECHNOLOGY;

DIRECT-SEEDING; HIGH QUALITY; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SEEDLING PERFORMANCE; SMALL MAMMALS; TRUNCATED PYRAMIDS; WOODY SPECIES;

SEED;

EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMERGENCE; EQUIPMENT; EVERGREEN FOREST; FORESTRY; INNOVATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RODENT; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING; SOWING;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84944513489     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: 15735095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-015-9478-4     Document Type: Article

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