Changes in the moss layer after liming in a Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.) stand of Eastern Belgium

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 136, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 97-105

  Dulière, Jean François ^a,b   De Bruyn, Renaud ^b   Malaisse, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Diversity; Ground vegetation; Liming; Mosses; Picea abies

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; LIME; MOSS; VEGETATION COVER;

BELGIUM;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 0342520905     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1127(99)00285-6     Document Type: Article

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