Early Mediterranean pine recruitment in burned and unburned Pinus nigra Arn. ssp. salzmannii stands of central Spain: Influence of species identity, provenances and post-dispersal predation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 390, Issue , 2017, Pages 203-211

  Lucas Borja, M E ^a   Candel Perez D ^a,b   Onkelinx, T ^c   Fule, P Z ^d   Moya, D ^a   Gomez R ^a   de las Heras, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canopy cover; Maritime pine; Mediterranean forest; Natural regeneration; Scot pine; Spanish black pine

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; MAMMALS; REFORESTATION; SEED; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BLACK PINES; CANOPY COVER; MARITIME PINES; MEDITERRANEAN FOREST; NATURAL REGENERATION; SCOT PINE;

FORESTRY;

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONIFEROUS TREE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWING SEASON; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SURVIVAL; SUSTAINABILITY; WILDFIRE;

FOREST CANOPY; FORESTS; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; REFORESTATION;

SPAIN;

PINUS NIGRA; PINUS PINASTER; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; RODENTIA;

EID: 85012215315     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2017.01.026     Document Type: Article

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