Comparison of understory plant community composition and soil characteristics in Quercus pyrenaica stands with different human uses

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 241, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 235-242

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dehesas; Disturbances; Grazing; Land use history; Low layer species; Management; Mature forests; Oak shrublands; Soil conditions

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIOMASS; LAND USE; SOILS;

DEHESAS; GRAZING; LAND USE HISTORY; LOW LAYER SPECIES; MATURE FORESTS; OAK SHRUBLANDS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOMASS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DISTURBANCE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SHRUBLAND; SOIL NITROGEN; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; LAND USE; QUERCUS; SOIL;

QUERCUS PYRENAICA;

EID: 33847375001     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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