The role of patch area and habitat diversity in explaining native plant species richness in disturbed suburban forest patches in northern Belgium

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 129-141

  Honnay, O ^a   Endels, P ^a   Vereecken, H ^a   Hermy, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Biological invasions; Disturbance; Fragmentation; Prunus serotina; Suburban forests

Indexed keywords

FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

BELGIUM;

EID: 0033403577     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-4642.1999.00047.x     Document Type: Article

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