The importance of marginal habitats for the conservation of old trees in agricultural landscapes

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-83

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Nowak, Lech ^a  

^a WROC AW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hedgerows; Historical green areas; Landscape management; Tree protection; Woodlots

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; LANDSCAPE MANAGEMENT; MARGINAL HABITATS; WOODLOTS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HEDGEROW; LAND USE PLANNING; OLD-GROWTH FOREST;

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SILESIA; WROCLAW [POLAND];

CRATAEGUS; CRATAEGUS MONOGYNA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; QUERCUS ROBUR; RHAMNUS; RHAMNUS CATHARTICA; ULMUS; ULMUS LAEVIS;

EID: 33751423349     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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