Effects of forestry practices on relict plant species on limestone cliffs in the northern Swiss Jura mountains

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 237, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 227-236

  Müller, Stefan W ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Cliff ecology; Light conditions; Plant conservation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; LIMESTONE; VEGETATION;

BEECH FORESTS; CLIFF ECOLOGY; LIGHT CONDITIONS; PLANT CONSERVATION;

FORESTRY;

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; CLEARCUTTING; CLIFF; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; FORESTRY PRACTICE; LIMESTONE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RELICT SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION COVER;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; LIME STONE; PLANTS;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

FAGUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 37849185625     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2006.09.048     Document Type: Article

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