Long-term change and implications for the management of wood-pastures: Experience over 40 years from Denny Wood, New Forest

Forestry

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-40

  Mountford, Edward P ^a   Peterken, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Beechwood House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GRAZING MANAGEMENT; LIVESTOCK; LONG-TERM CHANGE; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

AGROSTIS; BOS TAURUS; CAROLINENSIS; CERVIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FILICOPHYTA; ILEX; ILEX AQUIFOLIUM; MIMOSA; PTERIDIUM; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS; SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS;

EID: 0037284978     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/76.1.19     Document Type: Review

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