Experimental restoration of disturbed cliff-edge forest in Bruce Peninsula National Park, Ontario, Canada

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 174-184

  Matthes, U ^a   Gerrath, J A ^a   Larson, D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canopy effects; Damage; Disturbance; Survival; Thuja occidentalis; Trampling

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION; SURVIVAL; TRAMPLING;

CANADA;

THUJA; THUJA OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0038684869     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1526-100X.2003.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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