Does the effect of forest roads extend a few meters or more into the adjacent forest? A study on understory plant diversity in managed oak stands

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 259, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1546-1555

  Avon, Catherine ^a   Bergès, Laurent ^a   Dumas, Yann ^a   Dupouey, Jean Luc ^b  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Edge effect; Forest management; Plant communities; Road impact

Indexed keywords

APRIORI; BRYOPHYTE SPECIES; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST MANAGERS; FOREST ROADS; FOREST SPECIES; FOREST STAND; GLOBAL CHANGE; HABITAT PREFERENCES; LIFE FORM; LIFE HISTORY; MAIN ROADS; PLANT COMMUNITIES; PLANT COMPOSITION; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT POPULATION; PLANT RESPONSE; POSTERIORI; ROAD EDGES; SOIL CONDITIONS; SPATIAL EXTENT; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STAND AGE; VASCULAR PLANT; YOUNG STANDS;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; REFORESTATION; ROADS AND STREETS;

HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION;

BIODIVERSITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PLANT COMMUNITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REGENERATION; ROAD; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTORY;

BIODIVERSITY; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; REFORESTATION; ROADS;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 77949265940     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.01.031     Document Type: Article

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