Silviculture-driven vegetation change in a European temperate deciduous forest

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 313-323

  Decocq, Guillaume ^a   Aubert, Michaël ^b   Dupont, Frédéric ^c   Bardat, Jacques ^a   Wattez Franger, Annie ^a   Saguez, Robert ^a   De Foucault, Bruno ^c   Alard, Didier ^b,d   Delelis Dusollier, Annick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^c UNIV LILLE   (France)

^d UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest management; Microclimate; Plant diversity; True forest species

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SILVICULTURE;

EID: 21244502256     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005026     Document Type: Article

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