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Land requirements for Pinus halepensis Mill. growth in a plantation in Huesca, Spain
Author(s) -
Olarieta J.R.,
Usón A.,
Rodríguez R.,
Rosa M.,
Blanco R.,
Antúnez M.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
soil use and management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.709
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1475-2743
pISSN - 0266-0032
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2000.tb00180.x
Subject(s) - afforestation , environmental science , pinus <genus> , aleppo pine , soil water , nutrient , site index , gypsum , moisture , hydrology (agriculture) , forestry , geology , agroforestry , soil science , geography , ecology , botany , geotechnical engineering , biology , paleontology , meteorology
. Land requirements for Pinus halepensis Mill. growth were studied in thirty plots of a 40 year‐old plantation in the semiarid Lower Ebro valley, northeast Spain, by comparing site index values to land characteristics. Site index at 40 years ranges from 4.1 m to 12.3 m. Moisture availability is the basic requirement for growth while nutrient availability has only a minor influence. Changes in moisture availability in the area are controlled by changes in soil rootable depth, with a minor effect of aspect. Soils developed on Tertiary gypsum rock are not suitable for afforestation with this species. Geomorphic and soil information may be combined, at various degrees of detail, to provide reliable estimates of Aleppo pine growth.