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Ancient woodlands: modern threats
Author(s) -
Rackham Oliver
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
new phytologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.742
H-Index - 244
eISSN - 1469-8137
pISSN - 0028-646X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2008.02579.x
Subject(s) - woodland , geography , climate change , ecology , fragmentation (computing) , eutrophication , environmental protection , biology , nutrient
ContentsSummary 571 I. Introduction 572 II. What is meant by threats? 573 III. Destruction and fragmentation 573 IV. Depletion 574 V. Pollution and eutrophication 574 VI. Fire and lack of fire 575 VII. Excessive shade 575 VIII. Excessive numbers of deer and other ungulates 576 IX. Invasive species 577 X. Infilling of savanna 578 XI. Climate change 578 XII. Globalization of plant diseases 580 XIII. Interactions 581 XIV. Importance of different threats 581 XV. Conclusions 582Acknowledgements 583References 583