Species richness and environmental correlates in deciduous forests of Northwest Germany

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 206, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 197-205

  Schuster, Brigitte ^a   Diekmann, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Forest ecology; Multiple models; Productivity; Species richness

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DECIDUOUS FORESTS; SOIL FACTORS;

ECOLOGY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PH EFFECTS; PRODUCTIVITY; SOILS;

FORESTRY;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MODEL VALIDATION; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ECOLOGY; FORESTRY; HARDWOODS; PH; PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 11844303562     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.10.063     Document Type: Article

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