Environmental heterogeneity and the spatial structure of fern species diversity in one hectare of old-growth forest

Ecography

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 231-245

  Richard, Monique ^a   Bernhardt, Torsten ^a   Bell, Graham ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; FERN; HETEROGENEITY; OLD-GROWTH FOREST; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EID: 0034065599     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2000.tb00279.x     Document Type: Article

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