Changes in the field-layer of Wytham Woods - Assessment of the impacts of a range of environmental factors controlling change

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 287-298

  Corney, P M ^a,b   Kirby, K J ^c   Le Duc, M G ^a   Smart, S M ^d   McAllister, H A ^a   Marrs, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural England Northminster House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c NATURAL ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancient woodland; Deer browsing; HOF modelling; Long term monitoring; Management history; Multivariate analysis of variance; Nitrogen deposition

Indexed keywords

BROWSING; CANOPY; DEER; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOREST DYNAMICS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SYNERGISM; WOODLAND;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; OXFORDSHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WYTHAM WOODS;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 53549124977     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2008-8-18383     Document Type: Article

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