Hardwood seedling establishment below Aleppo pine depends on thinning intensity in two Mediterranean sites

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 72, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 999-1008

  Gavinet, Jordane ^a,e   Vilagrosa, Alberto ^b   Chirino, Esteban ^b   Granados, Maria Elena ^c   Vallejo, V Ramón ^d   Prévosto, Bernard ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b FUNDACIÓN CENTRO DE ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES DEL MEDITERRÁNEO CEAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD MICHOACANA DE SAN NICOLÁS DE HIDALGO   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e AVIGNON UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological restoration; Microclimate; Shade drought interaction; Soil moisture; Tree shelter; Underplanting oak

Indexed keywords

BASAL AREA; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MICROCLIMATE; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SHRUB; SILVICULTURE; SOIL MOISTURE; THINNING;

PINUS HALEPENSIS;

EID: 84948765147     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-015-0495-4     Document Type: Article

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