Species diversity and area-relationships in Danish beech forests

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 106, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 235-245

  Lawesson, Jonas E ^a   De Blust, Geert ^b   Grashof, Carla ^c   Firbank, Les ^d   Honnay, Olivier ^e   Hermy, Martin ^e   Hobitz, Pernille ^a   Jensen, Lene M ^a  

^a G   (Denmark)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest habitats; Fragmentation; Indicator species; Species value

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES-AREA RELATIONSHIP;

DENMARK;

EID: 0032572503     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(97)00316-2     Document Type: Article

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