Mesh-shelters provide more effective long-term protection than tube-shelters or mulching for restoration of Pinus halepensis in a Mediterranean arid ecosystem

Forest restoration is challenging in arid and semiarid lands. Research has identified ecotechnologies that may alleviate stressful conditions of planted seedlings, but studies are often limited to the first few years of regeneration establishment. Over 20 years, we tested the effects of tree shelter...

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Main Authors: Juan A. Oliet, Rosa Planelles, Francisco Artero, Douglass F. Jacobs
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Forests and Global Change
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/ffgc.2022.1092703/full