Testing prescribed fire as a tool to promote Scots pine Pinus sylvestris regeneration

European Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 319-333

  Hancock, Mark H ^a   Summers, Ron W ^a   Amphlett, Andy ^a   Willi, Johanna ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burning; Deer Cervidae; Heather Calluna vulgaris; Seedling establishment

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS TREE; DEER; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FIRE MANAGEMENT; PRESCRIBED BURNING; REGENERATION; SEED TREATMENT; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; TESTING METHOD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CERVIDAE; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 67650218530     PISSN: 16124669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10342-009-0267-5     Document Type: Article

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