Hedgerows as Ecosystems: Service Delivery, Management, and Restoration

Hedge density, structure, and function vary with primary production and slope gradient and are subject to other diverse factors. Hedgerows are emerging ecosystems with both above- and belowground c...

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics

• Publication date

  2020-11-02

• Fields of study

  Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1146/ANNUREV-ECOLSYS-012120-100346
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