Vegetation in Danish beech forests: The importance of soil, microclimate and management factors, evaluated by variation partitioning

Plant Ecology

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-65

  Aude, Erik ^a,c   Lawesson, Jonas E ^b  

^a D   (Denmark)

^b Department of Landscape Ecology   (Denmark)

^c DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

Author keywords

DCA (Detrended Correspondence Analysis); Fagus sylvatica; Monte Carlo test; Multivariate analysis; Untouched forest

Indexed keywords

BEECH FOREST; MANAGEMENT REGIME; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL; SPECIES COMPOSITION; VARIATION PARTITIONING;

DENMARK;

FAGACEAE; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0031907342     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009720206762     Document Type: Article

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