Retention of native vegetation within the plantation matrix improves its conservation value for a generalist woodpecker

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 260, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 595-602

  Barrientos, Rafael ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Biodiversity conservation; Forest management; Forest policy; Landscape ecology; Plantation design

Indexed keywords

ARBUTUS UNEDO; BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; CONSERVATION BENEFITS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FOREST POLICY; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MATRIX; NATIVE HABITATS; NATIVE TREES; PRESENCE/ABSENCE; QUERCUS; STRAWBERRY TREE; TREE DIVERSITY;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; OCEAN HABITATS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ECOLOGY;

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONIFEROUS TREE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY POLICY; HABITAT SELECTION; HETEROGENEITY; LANDSCAPE; MONOCULTURE; NATIVE SPECIES; PLANTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VEGETATION TYPE;

ANIMALS; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; ECOLOGY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTATION; FORESTS; PINUS; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARBUTUS UNEDO; AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PICIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS FAGINEA;

EID: 77954956325     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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