Post-grazing Scots pine colonization of mid-elevation heathlands: Population structure, impact on vegetation composition and diversity

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 711-724

  Curt, Thomas ^a   Prévosto, Bernard ^a   Klesczewski, Mario ^b   Lepart, Jacques ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

Ellenberg indicator values; European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.); Natural afforestation; Plant life traits; Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COLONIZATION; HEATHLAND; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SUCCESSION; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

CEVENNES; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 12144288989     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2003065     Document Type: Conference Paper

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