Dynamics of understory vegetation in boreal forests: Experiences from Swedish integrated monitoring sites

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 195, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 45-55

  Grandin, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Boreal forest; Ellenberg; Integrated monitoring; Ordination; Partial redundancy analysis; Vegetation dynamics

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPOSITION; CORRELATION METHODS; ECOSYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATION; MOISTURE; NITROGEN; PH EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

INTEGRATED MONITORING; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

FORESTRY;

BOREAL FOREST; ORDINATION; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION DYNAMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 2642536224     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.053     Document Type: Article

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