Dynamics of understory vegetation in an old-growth boreal coniferous forest, 1988-1993

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 747-762

  Økland, Rune Halvorsen ^a   Eilertsen, Odd ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acidification; Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Detrended Correspondence Analysis; Norway; pH; Solhomfjell; Species richness; Vegetation change

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION; VEGETATION CHANGE; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

NORWAY;

EID: 0030301181     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3236386     Document Type: Article

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