Vegetation of beech forests in the Rychlebské Mountains, Czech Republic, re-inspected after 60 years with assessment of environmental changes

Plant Ecology

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 243-265

  Hédl, Radim ^a  

^a MENDEL UNIVERSITY IN BRNO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Acidification; Beech forests; Central Europe; Ellenberg indicator values; Forestry management; Repeated sampling

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; ORDINATION; PHYTOSOCIOLOGY; PLANT COMMUNITY; SUCCESSION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; RYCHLEBSKE MOUNTAINS; SUDETES;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 11144356552     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000021681.83068.53     Document Type: Article

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