Response of forest plant species to land-use change: A life-history trait-based approach

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 563-577

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Motzkin, Glenn ^b   Hermy, Martin ^a   Foster, David R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Forest herbs; Life history traits; Response groups; Secondary succession

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; LAND USE CHANGE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; SECONDARY SUCCESSION;

EID: 0041709521     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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