Storm damage and the conversion of conifer plantations to native broadleaved woodland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 879-886

  Harmer, Ralph ^a   Morgan, Geoff ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ground flora; Natural regeneration; Restoration; Woodland community

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAVED; BROADLEAVED TREES; CASTANEA SATIVA; CATASTROPHIC DAMAGE; CONIFER PLANTATIONS; ENGLAND; GREAT BRITAIN; GROUND FLORA; NATURAL REGENERATION; Q. ROBUR; QUERCUS ROBUR; SEVERE STORMS; STORM DAMAGE; TREE CANOPY; WOODLAND COMMUNITY;

RESTORATION; STORMS;

FORESTRY;

BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST CANOPY; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REGENERATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; STEM; WOODLAND;

FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; RESTORATION; SOFTWOODS;

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

BETULA; CARPINUS BETULUS; CASTANEA SATIVA; CONIFEROPHYTA; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS DILATATA; HYACINTHOIDES NON-SCRIPTA; PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM; QUERCUS ROBUR; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS; TEUCRIUM; TEUCRIUM SCORODONIA;

EID: 67650151246     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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