Plant species composition of boreal spruce swamp forests: Closed doors and windows of opportunity

Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1909-1919

  Økland, Rune Halvorsen ^a,b   Rydgren, Knut ^a,b,c   Økland, Tonje ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Ecological similarity; Habitat islands; Immigration history; Spatial variation; Swamp forest; Variation partitioning; Vascular plants

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ORDINATION; PLANT COMMUNITY; SWAMP FOREST;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTES; PICEA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0345447160     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(2003)084[1909:pscobs]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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