Vegetation changes at sub-xeric urban forest edges in Finland - the effects of edge aspect and trampling

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 583-603

  Hamberg, Leena ^a   Fedrowitz, Katja ^b   Lehvävirta, Susanna ^c   Kotze, D Johan ^d  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Species composition; Understorey vegetation; Urban woodlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957811624     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-010-0142-7     Document Type: Article

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