Variation in the amount of dead wood in the woodlands of the Lower Wye Valley, UK in relation to the intensity of management

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 229-238

  Green, P ^a   Peterken, G F ^b  

^a Marford Mill   (United Kingdom)

^b Beechwood House ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Forest management; History; Temperate deciduous forest

Indexed keywords

DEAD WOOD; WOODLAND MANAGEMENT;

UK, ENGLAND, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, FOREST OF DEAN; UK, ENGLAND, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, WYE VALLEY; UK, ENGLAND, GWETN, WYE VALLEY;

EID: 0031449368     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00106-0     Document Type: Article

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