Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) Plantations Provide Additional Habitats for Vascular Plant Species in Agricultural Mosaic Landscapes

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-583

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

^a THÜNEN INSTITUTE OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biodiversity; Bioenergy; Poplar (Populus); Structural heterogeneity; Willow (Salix)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPES; BIO-ENERGY; ENERGY PRODUCTIONS; GERMANY; HABITAT TYPE; LANDSCAPE ELEMENTS; LANDSCAPE SCALE; MOSAIC LANDSCAPES; MULTIPLE REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NON-TRADITIONAL; PLANT DIVERSITY; PLANT SPECIES; POPULUS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SHORT ROTATION COPPICE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS; STRUCTURAL HETEROGENEITY; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES; WILLOW (SALIX);

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; RURAL AREAS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

POPULUS; SALIX; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84865571183     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-012-9195-1     Document Type: Article

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