An ecological comparison between ancient and other forest plant species of Europe, and the implications for forest conservation

Biological Conservation

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-22

  Hermy, Martin ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Firbank, Les ^b   Grashof Bokdam, Carla ^c   Lawesson, Jonas E ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Ancient forests; Colonization capacity; Forest plant species; Historical ecology; Literature review; Species guilds

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PLANT;

EUROPE;

EID: 0032770991     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(99)00045-2     Document Type: Article

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