Effects of fireplace use on forest vegetation and amount of woody debris in suburban forests in Northwestern Switzerland

Environmental Management

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 299-310

  Hegetschweiler, K Tessa ^a   Van Loon, Nicole ^a   Ryser, Annette ^a   Rusterholz, Hans Peter ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Firewood collection; Grilling; Human trampling; Nature conservation; Outdoor recreation; Picnicking; Sustainable forest management

Indexed keywords

FIREWOOD COLLECTION; GRILLING; HUMAN TRAMPLING; NATURE CONSERVATION; OUTDOOR RECREATION; PICNICKING; SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT;

CHIMNEYS; CONSERVATION; DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; RECREATION CENTERS; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; NATURE CONSERVATION; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; URBAN FORESTRY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS; WOODY DEBRIS;

CAMPING; ECOSYSTEM; FORESTRY; HOUSING; HUMANS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; SWITZERLAND; TREES; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOD;

CHIMNEYS; CITIES; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTS; PLANTS; RECREATION; SHRUBS; SOIL; SWAZILAND; WOOD;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 58149457769     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-008-9194-3     Document Type: Article

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