Fragmentation and recreational use affect tree regeneration in urban forests

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 869-877

  Lehvävirta, Susanna ^a,b   Vilisics, Ferenc ^b   Hamberg, Leena ^c   Malmivaara Lämsä, Minna ^c   Kotze, D Johan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Edge effects; Forest dynamics; Recreation ecology; Spatial structure; Tree saplings

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; EDGE EFFECT; FOREST DYNAMICS; FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; REGENERATION; SAPLING; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRAMPLING; URBAN FORESTRY;

BETULA PENDULA; BETULA PUBESCENS; PICEA; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; POPULUS TREMULA; SORBUS AUCUPARIA;

EID: 84940162930     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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