Effects of prescribed burning, vegetation treatment and seed predation on natural regeneration of Spanish black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii) in pure and mixed forest stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 378, Issue , 2016, Pages 24-30

  Lucas Borja, Manuel E ^a   Madrigal, Javier ^b   Candel Pérez, David ^a,d   Jiménez, Enrique ^c   Moya, Daniel ^a   Heras, Jorge de las ^a   Guijarro, Mercedes ^b   Vega, José Antonio ^c   Fernández, Cristina ^c   Hernando, Carmen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c Centro de Investigacion Forestal de Lourizan   (Spain)

^d PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Initial recruitment; Mixed and pure forest stands; Prescribed burning; Seed predation; Spanish black pine; Vegetation treatment

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; VEGETATION;

BLACK PINES; FOREST STAND; INITIAL RECRUITMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; SEED PREDATION;

REFORESTATION;

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MIXED FOREST; MOUNTAIN REGION; PRESCRIBED BURNING; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; REGROWTH; SEED PREDATION; SEEDLING EMERGENCE; SILVICULTURE; STAND DYNAMICS; SURVIVAL; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CASTILLA-LA MANCHA; CUENCA [CASTILLA-LA MANCHA]; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER;

EID: 84978429959     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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