The potential of 44 native and non-native tree species for woodland creation on a range of contrasting sites in lowland Britain

Forestry

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 531-553

  Willoughby, Ian ^a   Stokes, Victoria ^a   Poole, Jane ^a   White, John E J ^a   Hodge, Simon J ^a,b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b Ae Village   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST COVER; GROWTH RATE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; RECLAIMED LAND; WOODLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CUPRESSOCYPARIS LEYLANDII; CUPRESSUS; PLATANUS HISPANICA;

EID: 38849151686     PISSN: 0015752X     EISSN: 14643626     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/forestry/cpm034     Document Type: Article

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