Canopy gap edge determination and the importance of gap edges for plant diversity

Web Ecology

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-5

  Salvador Van, David ^a   Kockelbergh, Fred ^a   Bogaert, Jan ^a   Impens, Ivans ^a   Van Hecke, Piet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CANOPY GAP; FOREST EDGE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 0036979941     PISSN: 13991183     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/we-3-1-2002     Document Type: Article

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