Short-term effects of selection and clear cutting on the shrub and herb layer vegetation during the conversion of even-aged Norway spruce stands into mixed stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-678

  Heinrichs, Steffi ^a   Schmidt, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

BACI experiment; Disturbance; Forest management; GLMM; Species richness

Indexed keywords

BACI-EXPERIMENT; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; GLMM; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BIODIVERSITY; CUTTING; EXPERIMENTS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; VEGETATION;

FORESTRY;

CLEARCUTTING; CONIFEROUS FOREST; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LAND USE CHANGE; MIXED FOREST; SELECTIVE LOGGING; SHRUB; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; CLEAR CUTTING; CUTTING; FORESTS; HERBS; PICEA ABIES; PLANTS; SILVICULTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; LOWER SAXONY; SOLLING;

CHAMERION ANGUSTIFOLIUM; EPILOBIUM; JUNCUS EFFUSUS; PICEA ABIES; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 67650079782     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.04.037     Document Type: Article

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