Plant colonisation in small forest-floor patches: Importance of plant group and disturbance traits

Ecography

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 518-526

  Jonsson, Bengt Gunnar ^a   Esseen, Per Anders ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; FOREST FLOOR; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EID: 0031760605     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00443.x     Document Type: Article

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