Functional response of plant communities to clearcutting: Management impacts differ between forest vegetation zones

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 171-180

  Kusumoto, Buntarou ^a   Shiono, Takayuki ^a   Miyoshi, Mai ^a   Maeshiro, Ryo ^a   Fujii, Shin jiro ^a   Kuuluvainen, Timo ^b   Kubota, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Ecosystem functioning; Forest management; Functional divergence; Functional redundancy; Functional richness; Phytosociological data; Resilience

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CLEARCUTTING; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; SUSTAINABLE FORESTRY; VEGETATION COVER;

JAPAN;

EID: 84921497618     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: 13652664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12367     Document Type: Article

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