Revegetation following experimental disturbance in a boreal old-growth Picea abies forest

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 763-776

  Rydgren, Knut ^a   Hestmark, Geir ^a   Økland, Rune H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Disturbance area; Disturbance severity; Field experiment; Gap; Microsite limitation; Norway; Propagule bank; Recruitment; Succession

Indexed keywords

OLD-GROWTH FOREST; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; REVEGETATION; SUCCESSION;

NORWAY;

ATHYRIUM FILIX-FEMINA; BETULA PUBESCENS; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; GYMNOCARPIUM DRYOPTERIS; LUZULA PILOSA; PHEGOPTERIS CONNECTILIS; PICEA ABIES; PLAGIOTHECIUM LAETUM; POHLIA NUTANS; POLYTRICHUM; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VACCINIUM VITIS IDAEA;

EID: 0032423847     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3237042     Document Type: Article

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