The effect of forest management operations on population performance of Vaccinium myrtillus on a landscape-scale

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 231-241

  Nielsen, Anders ^a   Totland, Ørjan ^a   Ohlson, Mikael ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Disturbance; Ericaceae; Forestry; Human land use; Vaccinium myrtillus

Indexed keywords

ERICACEAE; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS;

EID: 34047150973     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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