Nested plant communities in deciduous forest fragments: Species relaxation or nested habitats?

Oikos

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 119-129

  Honnay, Olivier ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a   Coppin, Pol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; PLANT COMMUNITY;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0033062922     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3546872     Document Type: Article

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