Relationships between vegetation, site type and stand structure in coniferous plantations in Britain

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 35-51

  Ferris, R ^a   Peace, A J ^a   Humphrey, J W ^a   Broome, A C ^a  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Forest management; Plant communities; Soils

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND STRUCTURE; VEGETATION CLASSIFICATION;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034308270     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00268-6     Document Type: Article

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