Plant species variation across path ecotones in a variety of common vegetation types

Plant Ecology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 107-119

  Roovers, Pieter ^a   Baeten, Sara ^a   Hermy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Impact; Recreation

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ECOTONE; INVENTORY; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842523139     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:VEGE.0000019028.89623.26     Document Type: Article

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