A comparison of understorey vegetation between untouched and managed deciduous forest in Denmark

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 111-123

  Graae, Bente Lessen ^a   Heskjær, Vibeke Steen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Detrended correspondence analysis; Natural forests; Rare species; Species diversity; Vascular plants; Vegetation analysis

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; UNDERSTOREY VEGETATION;

DENMARK;

FAGUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0030876246     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00046-7     Document Type: Article

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