Distribution pattern of the flora in a peri-urban forest: An effect of the city-forest ecotone

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 169-185

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adjacent land use; Aliens; Ancient forest species; Disturbance; Edge effect; Ellenberg indicator values

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS (BOTANY);

FOREST EDGES; GEOGRAPHICAL POSITIONS;

URBAN PLANNING;

FLORA; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PERIURBAN AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; BRUSSELS; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 0442314501     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2046(03)00013-6     Document Type: Article

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