Quantifying the effects of trampling and habitat edges on forest understory vegetation - A field experiment

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1811-1820

  Hamberg, Leena ^a   Malmivaara Lämsä, Minna ^a   Lehvävirta, Susanna ^b   O'Hara, Robert B ^c   Kotze, D Johan ^c  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Plant dispersal; Recreation; Urban forests; Urban woodlands; Wear

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BOREAL FORESTS; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST EDGE; FOREST UNDERSTORY; PLANT DISPERSAL; RECREATION; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION; URBAN FORESTS; URBAN WOODLAND; VEGETATION COVER;

VEGETATION;

DISPERSAL; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOREST COVER; FOREST EDGE; TRAMPLING; UNDERSTORY; URBAN FORESTRY; WOODLAND;

ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FOREST; HABITAT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PROBABILITY; SPECIES; SUBURBAN AREA; VEGETATION;

EID: 77953618451     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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