Herbaceous plant community structure of ancient and recent forests in two contrasting forest types

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 537-546

  Verheyen, Kris ^a   Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest; Dispersal limitation; Forest plant colonization; Plant community structure; Secondary forest succession

Indexed keywords

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EID: 0345953603     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1439-1791-00210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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