Overstorey control of understorey species composition in a near-natural temperate broadleaved forest in Denmark

Plant Ecology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 113-126

  Thomsen, Rikke P ^a   Svenning, Jens Christian ^a   Balslev, Henrik ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Canopy composition; Forest herbs; Light availability; Suserup Skov; Tree fall gaps; Variation partitioning

Indexed keywords

CANOPY ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; GAP DYNAMICS; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; OVERSTORY; SPATIAL VARIATION;

DENMARK; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; WORLD;

CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 27944483695     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-3996-7     Document Type: Article

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