The effects of river embankment and forest fragmentation on the plant species richness and composition of floodplain forests in the Meuse valley, Belgium

Belgian Journal of Botany

Volumn 136, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 97-108

  Van Looy, Kris ^a   Honnay, Olivier ^b   Bossuyt, Beatrijs ^b   Hermy, Martin ^b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dispersal limitation; Floodplain forests; Forest fragmentation; Intermediate disturbance hypothesis; River connectivity; River embankment

Indexed keywords

TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 1842419370     PISSN: 07784031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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