Background and Purpose: Solid biomass from short rotation coppice (SRC) has the potential to significantly contribute to European renewable energy targets and the expected demand for wood for energy, driven mainly by market forces and supported by the targets of national and European energy policies. It is expected that in the near future the number of hectares under SRC will increase in Europe...

Plants associated with traditional forms of coppice management are affected by changes in, or cessation of, stand which produce differences in structure, usually the direction high forest. The habitat ground flora richness, and composition an ancient woodland southern England were compared across three distinct treatments: Coppice (the cyclical cutting underwood on rotations), Limited Intervent...