Patterns of regeneration and ground vegetation associated with canopy gaps in a managed beechwood in southern England

Forestry

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 389-408

  Mountford, Edward P ^a,b   Savill, Peter S ^a   Bebber, Daniel P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOINT NATURE CONSERVATION COMMITTEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARE SOIL; CANOPY GAP; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWING SEASON; LEAF LITTER; MAPPING; MESOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVIDAE; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; RUBUS; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 33748846213     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpl024     Document Type: Article

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