Influence of the size and density of Carpinus betulus on the spatial distribution and rate of deletion of forest-floor species in thermophilous oak forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Kwiatkowska, Anna Justyna ^a   Spalik, Krzysztof ^a   Michalak, Elzbieta ^b   Palińska, Anna ^a   Panufnik, Dorota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Horbeam invasion; Oak forest decline; Potentillo albae Quercetum; Species deletion

Indexed keywords

CARPINUS BETULUS; CORYLACEAE; POTENTILLO ALBAE-QUERCETUM;

FOREST FLOOR; HORNBEAM; OAK FOREST; SHADE TOLERANCE;

POLAND;

EID: 0030618955     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009708317294     Document Type: Article

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