High value of short rotation coppice plantations for phytodiversity in rural landscapes

GCB Bioenergy

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 728-738

  Baum, Sarah ^a   Bolte, Andreas ^a   Weih, Martin ^b  

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agricultural landscape; Arable land; Biodiversity; Diversity index; Forest; Grassland; Poplar (Populus); Species habitat preference; Species area relationship; Willow (Salix)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; LAND USE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS;

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; ARABLE LAND; DIVERSITY INDEX; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT PREFERENCES; POPULUS; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP; WILLOW (SALIX);

FORESTRY;

EID: 84865560714     PISSN: 17571693     EISSN: 17571707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01162.x     Document Type: Article

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