Creation of multi-layered canopy structures in young oak-dominated urban woodlands - The 'ecological approach' revisited

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-158

  Richnau, Gustav ^a   Wiström, Björn ^a   Nielsen, Anders Busse ^a   Löf, Magnus ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Afforestation; Canopy stratification; Forest structure; Thinning; Understory; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

AFFORESTATION; BIODIVERSITY; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS TREE; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; ECOSYSTEM RESILIENCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HEIGHT; PLANTATION FORESTRY; STAND STRUCTURE; THINNING; UNDERSTORY; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN PLANNING; WOODLAND; WOODY PLANT;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 84859493002     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.12.005     Document Type: Article

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