Relating variation in the understorey of beech forests to ecological factors

Folia Geobotanica

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-86

  Olano, José Miguel ^a   Loidi, Javier ^a   Ander, González ^a   Escudero, Adrián ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Beech forests; Community analysis; DCA; Fagus sylvatica; Kriging; Northern Spain; Understorey composition

Indexed keywords

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST; SPECIES COMPOSITION; UNDERSTOREY;

SPAIN, BASQUE REGION;

EID: 0031840984     PISSN: 12119520     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02914930     Document Type: Article

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