Influence of tree cover on the diversity of herbaceous communities in subalpine wooded pastures

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-54

  Gillet, François ^a   Murisier, Béatrice ^a   Buttler, Alexandre ^a   Gallandat, Jean Daniel ^a   Gobat, Jean Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Phytocoenosis; Regression; Silvopastoral ecosystem; Switzerland; Synusia

Indexed keywords

LARIX DECIDUA;

EID: 0032807128     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1478880     Document Type: Article

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