Factors influencing presence-absence of oak (Quercus spp.) seedlings after conservation-oriented partial cutting of high forests in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-145

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Schott, Kaitlin Muir ^b   Jensen, Anna Monrad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Facilitation; Mixed forest; Partial cutting; Quercus; Seedlings; Soil moisture; Trees

Indexed keywords

FACILITATION; MIXED FORESTS; PARTIAL CUTTING; QUERCUS; SEEDLINGS; TREES;

ECOLOGY; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION; WATER CONTENT;

FORESTRY;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PLANTS; QUERCUS; SEEDLINGS; SOIL;

QUERCUS; QUERCUS PETRAEA; QUERCUS ROBUR; RUBUS;

EID: 79951846656     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2010.536570     Document Type: Article

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