The influence of past land-use on understory plant distributions in a near-natural deciduous forest in Denmark

Nordic Journal of Botany

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 69-81

  Windeballe, Birgitte S ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECIDUOUS FOREST; FLORISTICS; LAND USE; UNDERSTORY;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

EID: 11244304342     PISSN: 0107055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-1051.2003.tb00370.x     Document Type: Article

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