Compatibility of regeneration silviculture and wild ungulates in a Mediterranean pine forest: implications for tree recruitment and woody plant diversity

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2018, Pages

  Velamazán, Mario ^a   San Miguel, Alfonso ^a   Escribano, Rafael ^a   Perea, Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ammotragus lervia; Browsing; Forest gap; Pinus halepensis; Rubbing damage; Species turnover

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BROWSING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DAMAGE; GAP DYNAMICS; HABITAT USE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SELF INCOMPATIBILITY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TURNOVER; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION; WOODY PLANT;

AMMOTRAGUS LERVIA; PINUS HALEPENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 85043983095     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13595-018-0715-9     Document Type: Article

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