Does closure of traditionally managed open woodlands threaten epigeic invertebrates? Effects of coppicing and high deer densities

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 827-837

  Spitzer, Lukas ^a,b   Konvicka, Martin ^b,c   Benes, Jiri ^c   Tropek, Robert ^b   Tuf, Ivan H ^d   Tufova, Jana ^d  

^a Regional Museum Vsetin   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF ENTOMOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Coppice; Epiedaphic invertebrates; Forest pasture; Relic species; Reserve management; Woodland conservation

Indexed keywords

ARACHNID; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEETLE; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS TREE; DEER; ISOPOD; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; RELICT SPECIES; SPECIES RICHNESS; WOODLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARACHNIDA; ARANEAE; CARABIDAE; CERVIDAE; CHILOPODA; DIPLOPODA; EMBRYOPHYTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; MYRIAPODA; ONISCIDEA; OPILIONES; PAPILIONOIDEA; UNGULATA;

EID: 40149094288     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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