Tree colonisation of abandoned arable land after 27 years of horse-grazing: The role of bramble as a facilitator of oak wood regeneration

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 181, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 239-251

  Kuiters, A T ^a   Slim, P A ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Abandoned land; Facilitation; Horse grazing; Rubus fruticosus; Secondary succession; Tree regeneration

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; PLANTS (BOTANY);

NATURAL TREE REGENERATION;

ECOLOGY;

ABANDONED LAND; FACILITATION; GRAZING; HERBIVORY; OLD FIELD; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

BARONIE CRANENDONCK; NETHERLANDS;

ALNUS; ANIMALIA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CORYNEPHORUS; EQUUS; EQUUS CABALLUS; FRANGULA ALNUS; JUNCUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; JUNCUS EFFUSUS BRUNNEUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RHAMNACEAE; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 0042405054     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00136-1     Document Type: Article

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