Impact of four silvicultural systems on birds in the Belgian Ardenne: Implications for biodiversity in plantation forests

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1041-1055

  Du Bus De Warnaffe, Gaëtan ^a,b   Deconchat, Marc ^a  

^a UMR 1201 Dynafor   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Bird communities; Coniferous plantation; Silvicultural cycle; Silvicultural system

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS FOREST; PLANTATION FORESTRY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ARDENNES [WESTERN EUROPE]; BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; FAGUS; PICEA;

EID: 44149095221     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9364-x     Document Type: Article

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