Diversity and distribution pattern of bryophytes and vascular plants in a boreal spruce forest

Silva Fennica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-13

  Vellak, Kai ^a,b   Paal, Jaanus ^b   Liira, Jaan ^b  

^a ESTONIAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Boreal forests; Correlation; Estonia; Field layer; General linear models; Ground layer; Spatial patterns

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PLANTS (BOTANY); VEGETATION;

VASCULAR PLANTS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; VASCULAR PLANT;

FORESTS; PLANTS; POLLUTION CONTROL;

(SOUTHEAST); ESTONIA;

BRYOPHYTES; PICEA; PTERIDOPHYTA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0037225233     PISSN: 00375330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14214/sf.508     Document Type: Article

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