Safe for saplings not safe for seeds: Quercus robur recruitment in relation to coarse woody debris in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 304, Issue , 2013, Pages 73-79

  van Ginkel, H A L ^a   Kuijper, D P J ^b   Churski, M ^b   Zub, K ^b   Szafranska P ^b   Smit, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acorn removal; Oak regeneration; Rodent; Seedling survival; Spatial discordance; Wild boar

Indexed keywords

OAK REGENERATION; RODENT; SEEDLING SURVIVAL; SPATIAL DISCORDANCE; WILD BOARS;

ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTS; MAMMALS;

REFORESTATION;

BROWSING; COARSE WOODY DEBRIS; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONIFEROUS TREE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DECIDUOUS TREE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HERBIVORE; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PIG; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REGENERATION; RODENT; SAPLING; SEED; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL; WILD POPULATION;

ECOSYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTATION; MAMMALS; QUERCUS; REFORESTATION;

BIALOWIEZA FOREST; POLAND;

QUERCUS ROBUR; RODENTIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 84878359543     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.04.037     Document Type: Article

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