Stones and Organic Mulches Improve the Quercus Ilex L. Afforestation Success Under Mediterranean Climatic Conditions

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 357-365

  Jiménez, María Noelia ^a   Fernández Ondoño, Emilia ^b   Ripoll, María Ángeles ^a   Castro Rodríguez, Juan ^a   Huntsinger, Lynn ^c   Navarro, Francisco Bruno ^a  

^a IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Abandoned fields; Afforestation; Holm oak; Leaf area; Leaf nutrients; Semi arid

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; SOILS;

ABANDONED FIELDS; AFFORESTATION; HOLM OAK; LEAF AREA; LEAF NUTRIENTS; SEMI ARID;

NUTRIENTS;

BALLOTA; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 84957657434     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.2250     Document Type: Article

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