Evaluating partial cutting in broadleaved temperate forest under strong experimental control: Short-term effects on herbaceous plants

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 124-141

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Paltto, Heidi ^a   Nordén, Björn ^a   Götmark, Elin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Disturbance; Forest management; Forest succession; Oak Quercus

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HARVESTING; WOOD FUELS;

HERBACEOUS PLANTS; STAND DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FORESTS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; SUCCESSION; TIMBER HARVESTING;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; FUEL WOOD; GRASS LANDS; HARVESTING; HERBS; SOFTWOODS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA; CORYLUS AMERICANA; PICEA; QUERCUS;

EID: 21444444550     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.03.052     Document Type: Article

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