To what extent do forest herbs recover after clearcutting in beech forest?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 39-53

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a   Rucquoij, Sonja ^a   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest species; Disturbance; Fagus sylvatica; Forest harvesting; Forest regeneration; Recovery

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); STRESSES; VEGETATION;

FOREST MATRIX; LONG-TERM CONSERVATION; SPECIES; STUDY SITES;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; PLANT COMMUNITY; REGENERATION; SILVICULTURE;

CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FORESTS; HARVESTING; PLANTS; STRESSES;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANEMONE; ANEMONE NEMOROSA; CIRCAEA LUTETIANA; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS DILATATA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; LUZULA PILOSA; LUZULA SYLVATICA; OXALIS MONTANA;

EID: 17844403768     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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