Natural regeneration of Pinus pinaster facilitates Quercus ilex survival and growth under severe deer browsing pressure

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 432, Issue , 2019, Pages 356-364

  Maltoni, Alberto ^a   Mariotti, Barbara ^a   Tani, Andrea ^a   Martini, Sofia ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^b   Tognetti, Roberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fallow deer; Forest restoration; Matsucoccus feytaudi; Mechanical facilitation; Nurse plant; Oak plantation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; REFORESTATION; VEGETATION;

FALLOW DEER; FOREST RESTORATION; MATSUCOCCUS FEYTAUDI; MECHANICAL FACILITATION; NURSE PLANTS; OAK PLANTATIONS;

SEED;

BROWSING; COASTAL ZONE; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; FACILITATION; FOREST; GROWTH; HABITAT RESTORATION; NURSE PLANT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; PROTECTED AREA; REGENERATION; SURVIVAL;

CONSERVATION; PINUS PINASTER; PLANTS; QUERCUS ILEX; REFORESTATION;

ITALY;

CERVIDAE; DAMA DAMA; MATSUCOCCUS FEYTAUDI; PINUS PINASTER; QUERCUS ILEX;

EID: 85053822652     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2018.09.045     Document Type: Article

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