Management proposals for bilberry in Scots pine woodland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 222, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 272-278

  Parlane, S ^a   Summers, R W ^a   Cowie, N R ^a   Van Gardingen, P R ^b  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bilberry; Browsing; Cowberry; Heather; Irradiance; Scots pine; Shade

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BILBERRY; COWBERRY; HEATHER; IRRADIANCE; SHADE;

WOOD;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERBIVORY; IRRADIANCE; NONTIMBER FOREST PRODUCT; SILVICULTURE;

BIODIVERSITY; PINUS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; SHRUBS; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CERVIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS SP.;

EID: 31444447501     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.032     Document Type: Article

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