Buffering of native forest edge microclimate by adjoining tree plantations

Austral Ecology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 478-489

  Denyer, K ^a   Burns, B ^b   Ogden, J ^c  

^a Environment Waikato   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Edge effect; Fragmentation; Landscape matrix; Microclimate; Pine plantation

Indexed keywords

BUFFER ZONE; FOREST EDGE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MICROCLIMATE; TREE PLANTING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

PINUS RADIATA;

EID: 33745162528     PISSN: 14429985     EISSN: 14429993     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9993.2006.01609.x     Document Type: Article

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