Understorey vegetation in young naturally regenerated and planted birch (Betula spp.) stands on abandoned agricultural land

New Forests

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-611

  Tullus, Tea ^a   Tullus, Arvo ^b   Roosaluste, Elle ^b   Kaasik, Ants ^b   Lutter, Reimo ^a   Tullus, Hardi ^a  

^a ESTONIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Betula; Naturally regenerated stands; Plantations; Restoration of abandoned agricultural lands; Understorey vegetation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND USE; BETULA; PLANTATIONS; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SPECIES RICHNESS AND DIVERSITIES; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; VASCULAR PLANT SPECIES;

AGRICULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); RECOVERY;

REFORESTATION;

ABANDONED LAND; BRYOPHYTE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; PLANTATION FORESTRY; REFORESTATION; REGENERATION; SECONDARY SUCCESSION; SOIL PROPERTY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; UNDERSTORY; VASCULAR PLANT; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AGRICULTURE; BETULA; FORESTRY; PLANTATIONS; REFORESTATION;

ESTONIA;

BETULA; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 84879201403     PISSN: 01694286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11056-013-9365-9     Document Type: Article

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