Small-scale dynamics of plant communities in an experimentally polluted and fungicide-treated subarctic birch-pine forest

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-37

  Zobel, Martin ^a   Pilt, Indrek ^a   Moora, Mari ^a   Pärtel, Meelis ^a   Liira, Jaan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Acid rain; Copper; Fungicide; Heavy metal; Nickel; Species richness; Species turnover; Subarctic forest

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; FUNGICIDE; HEAVY METAL; PLANT COMMUNITY; POLLUTION EFFECT;

KOLA PENINSULA; MONCHEGORSK; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; COLA; FUNGI; KOLA; LINNEA BOREALIS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0032971602     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80013-7     Document Type: Article

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