Exclosure effects on recovery of selected soil properties in a mixed broadleaf forest recreation site

Land Degradation and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 266-276

  Ozcan M ^a   Gokbulak F ^b   Hizal, A ^b  

^a DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Broadleaf forest; Land use; Litter biomass; Recreation; Soil compaction; Soil properties; Trampling; Turkey

Indexed keywords

BROADLEAF FOREST; RECREATION; SOIL COMPACTION; SOIL PROPERTY; TRAMPLING; TURKEY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LAND USE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POROSITY; RECOVERY; SOIL MECHANICS; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BROAD-LEAVED FOREST; BULK DENSITY; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; LITTER SIZE; PERMEABILITY; RECREATIONAL FACILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL PROPERTY; TOPSOIL; TRAMPLING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMPACTION; FOREST LITTER; LAND; RECREATION; SOIL; TERMINALIA LATIFOLIA; USED EQUIPMENT;

BELGRAD FOREST; ISTANBUL [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84878916921     PISSN: 10853278     EISSN: 1099145X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ldr.1123     Document Type: Article

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