The effects of light and soil conditions on the species richness of the ground vegetation of deciduous forests in northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 182, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 327-338

  Härdtle, Werner ^a   Von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Westphal, Christina ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Deciduous forests; Silvicultural treatment; Site conditions; Species diversity; Understorey vegetation; Vegetation site relationships

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; ECOSYSTEMS; MOISTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SOILS; VEGETATION;

PLANT NUTRIENTS;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FOREST SOIL; LIGHT EFFECT; SILVICULTURE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

GERMANY; SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN;

BETULACEAE; BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS; FRAXINUS; QUERCUS; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0042352243     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(03)00091-4     Document Type: Article

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