Role of coppice forests in maintaining forest biodiversity

Silva Balcanica

Volumn , Issue 10, 2009, Pages 35-45

  Vacik, Harald ^a   Zlatanov, Tzvetan ^b,c   Trajkov, Pande ^d   Dekanic, Stjepan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Bulgaria)

^c BULGARIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Bulgaria)

^d SS CYRIL AND METHODIUS UNIVERSITY   (Macedonia)

^e CROATIAN FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Conservation management; Conversion; Coppice forests; Natura 2000; Species richness

Indexed keywords

EID: 81755184146     PISSN: 13118706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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