Careful partial harvesting in conservation stands and retention of large oaks favour oak regeneration

Biological Conservation

Volumn 140, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 349-358

  Götmark, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Canopy openness; Control; Cutting; Experiment; Oak Quercus; Regeneration; Woodland management

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; REGENERATION; SEEDLING; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STAND STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR;

EID: 35449005612     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.08.018     Document Type: Article

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