Effects of single-tree and group selection harvesting on the diversity and abundance of spring forest herbs in deciduous forests in southwestern Ontario

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 255, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2486-2494

  Falk, Karla J ^a   Burke, Dawn M ^a   Elliott, Ken A ^a   Holmes, Stephen B ^b  

^a ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Diversity; Forest herbs; Plant community composition; Richness; Selection harvesting; Spring ephemerals

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING;

PLANT COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; SELECTION HARVESTING; SPRING EPHEMERALS;

HERBICIDES;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HARVESTING; HERB; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; HERBICIDES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 41949096567     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2008.01.033     Document Type: Article

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