Experimental restoration of coppice-with-standards: Response of understorey vegetation from the conservation perspective

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 234-241

  Vild, Ondřej ^a,b   Roleček, Jan ^a,b   Hédl, Radim ^a   Kopecký, Martin ^a   Utinek, Dušan ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF BOTANY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endangered species; Restoration experiment; Species diversity; Thinning; Traditional woodland management; Woodland conservation

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; NITROGEN DEPOSITION; PLANT COMMUNITIES; SPECIES COMPOSITION; THINNING; THINNING INTENSITY; TRADITIONAL MANAGEMENT; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION; STANDARDS;

RESTORATION;

BIODIVERSITY; BIOFUEL; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COPPICE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT RESTORATION; INVASIVE SPECIES; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; OLIGOTROPHIC ENVIRONMENT; PASTURE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RUDERAL; SPECIES DIVERSITY; THINNING; TWENTIETH CENTURY; UNDERSTORY;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

EID: 84884127443     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2013.07.056     Document Type: Article

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