Vertical structure of herbaceous canopies: The importance of plant growth-form and species-specific traits

Plant Ecology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 123-134

  Liira, J ^a   Zobel, K ^a   Magi R ^a   Molenberghs, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Canopy vertical distribution; Forest; General linear mixed model; Grassland; Habitat horizontal heterogeneity; Stratification

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; GRASSLAND; PLANT COMMUNITY; STRATIFICATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

POACEAE;

EID: 0036422707     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020365402855     Document Type: Article

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