Diversity of plant assemblages in managed temperate forests: A case study in Normandy (France)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 175, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 321-337

  Aubert, Michaël ^a   Alard, Didier ^a   Bureau, Fabrice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Beech forest; Biodiversity indicators; Canonical correspondence analysis; Forest management; SFTS procedure; Species coexistence; Statistical modelling; Succession

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FORESTRY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

PLANT ASSEMBLAGES;

BIODIVERSITY;

FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANT COMMUNITY; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TEMPERATE FOREST;

FRANCE;

FAGUS;

EID: 0037416077     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00215-3     Document Type: Article

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