Traditional coppice forest management drives the invasion of Ailanthus altissima and Robinia pseudoacacia into deciduous forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 291, Issue , 2013, Pages 308-317

  Radtke, A ^a   Ambrass S ^a,b   Zerbe, S ^a   Tonon, G ^a   Fontana, V ^c   Ammer, C ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Biological invasion; Forest regeneration; Hurdle model; Indicator species; Non native species; Rejuvenation

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INVASION; FOREST REGENERATION; INDICATOR SPECIES; NON-NATIVE SPECIES; REJUVENATION;

DATA STRUCTURES; DIGITAL STORAGE; SOIL MOISTURE;

REFORESTATION;

ABUNDANCE; ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; CLEARCUTTING; COLONIZATION; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HERB; LEGUME; PATCHINESS; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SOIL MOISTURE;

ALTO ADIGE; BOLZANO; GARGAZON; ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE;

AILANTHUS; AILANTHUS ALTISSIMA; ROBINIA PSEUDOACACIA;

EID: 84871903793     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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