Rehabilitation of monotonous exotic coniferous plantations: A case study of spontaneous establishment of different tree species

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-148

  Jonášová, Magda ^a,c   van Hees, Ad ^b   Prach, Karel ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coniferous plantations; Exotic species; Forest management; Gaps; Indigenous species; Natural regeneration; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; SEED;

CONIFEROUS PLANTATIONS; EXOTIC SPECIES; INDIGENOUS SPECIES;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; SEED;

CANOPY GAP; CONIFEROUS TREE; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NATIONAL PARK; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; REGENERATION; WOODLAND;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST CANOPY; FORESTRY; NATURAL REFORESTATION; SEEDLINGS;

BENELUX; DRENTHE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETULA PENDULA; LARIX; LARIX KAEMPFERI; PICEA ABIES; PICEA SITCHENSIS; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; PSEUDOLARIX KAEMPFERI; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; QUERCUS ROBUR; SORBUS; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 33750495374     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2006.05.008     Document Type: Article

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