An integrated analysis of the effects of past land use on forest herb colonization at the landscape scale

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 731-742

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Guntenspergen, Glenn R ^b   Beisbrouck, Bernard ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoxa; Arum; Dispersal limitation; Forest herbs; Geum; Historical ecology; Lamium; Landscape ecology; Primula; Ranunculus; Secondary forest succession; Structural equation modelling

Indexed keywords

HERB; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; LAND USE; RECOLONIZATION; SECONDARY FOREST;

ADOXA; ARUM; GEUM; LAMIUM; PRIMULA; RANUNCULUS;

EID: 0141889773     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2003.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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