Influences of deer browsing, coppice history, and standard trees on the growth and development of vegetation structure in coppiced woods in lowland England

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 202, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 23-37

  Joys, A C ^a,b   Fuller, R J ^b   Dolman, P M ^a  

^a Sch Environ Sci Univ E A   (United Kingdom)

^b THE NUNNERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deer browsing impacts; Overstorey canopy cover; Traditional management; Woodland restoration

Indexed keywords

COPPICE MANAGEMENT; COPPICE RESTORATION;

ECOLOGY; HARVESTING; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

BROWSING; COPPICE; DEER; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GROWTH; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; WOODLAND;

ANIMALS; COPPICE; ECOLOGY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; HARVESTING; PLANTS;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 6344285573     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.06.035     Document Type: Article

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