Dispersal of woody plants in forest edges and hedgerows in a Southern Swedish agricultural area: The role of site and landscape structure

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 229-242

  Sarlöv Herlin, Ingrid L ^a   Fry, Gareth L A ^b  

^a Department of Landscape Planning ^*  (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Animal dispersal; Connectedness; Connectivity; Edges; Hedgerows; Landscape ecology; Landscape planning; Wind dispersal; Woody species

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOREST EDGE; HEDGEROW; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WOODY PLANT;

SWEDEN;

CORYLUS AVELLANA; CRATAEGUS; EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 0342632540     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008170220639     Document Type: Article

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