Forest structure and understory diversity in Quercus pyrenaica communities with different human uses and disturbances

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 227, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 50-58

  Tárrega, Reyes ^a   Calvo, Leonor ^a   Marcos, Elena ^a   Taboada, Angela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Annuals; Density; Diversity; Human intervention; Land use history; Oak trees; Perennial herbs; Quercus pyrenaica; Size; Woody species

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FIRES; MANURES; REGIONAL PLANNING;

ANNUALS; HUMAN INTERVENTION; LAND-USE HISTORY; PERENNIAL HERBS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; CANOPY; DENSITY; FOREST CANOPY; HERB; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SIZE; UNDERSTORY; WOODY PLANT;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST FIRES; FORESTRY; MANURE; QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 33646099378     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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