The forest regeneration puzzle: Biological mechanisms in humus layer and forest vegetation dynamics

BioScience

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 523-530

  Ponge, Jean François ^a   André, Jean ^b   Zackrisson, Olle ^c   Bernier, Nicolas ^a   Nilsson, Marie Charlotte ^c   Gallet, Christiane ^b  

^a Laboratory of General Ecology   (France)

^b Univ Chambery Lab Mt Ecosystem D   (France)

^c SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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EID: 0031840705     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1313314     Document Type: Article

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