Ecological behaviour of herbaceous forest species along a pH gradient: A comparison between oceanic and semicontinental regions in northern France

Global Ecology and Biogeography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-270

  Coudun, Christophe ^a   Gégout, Jean Claude ^a  

^a LERFoB   (France)

Author keywords

Competitive release; Ecological amplitude; Ecological optimum; Ecological response curves; EcoPlant database; Ellenberg's indicator values; Forest herbs; France; Logistic regression

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PH; PLANT COMMUNITY;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 19444383082     PISSN: 1466822X     EISSN: 14668238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-822X.2005.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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