Change from agriculture to forestry: Floristic diversity in young fast-growing deciduous plantations on former agricultural land in Estonia

Annales Botanici Fennici

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 353-364

  Soo, Tea ^a   Tullus, Arvo ^a   Tullus, Hardi ^a   Roosaluste, Elle ^b   Vares, Aivo ^c  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c State Forest Management Centre   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Abandoned agricultural land; Biodiversity; Hybrid aspen; Plantation forestry; Silver birch; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 70349694417     PISSN: 00033847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/085.046.0410     Document Type: Conference Paper

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