Effects of tree species composition on within-forest distribution of understorey species

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-166

  Van Oijen, Danielle ^a   Feijen, Markus ^a   Hommel, Patrick ^a   Den Ouden, Jan ^a   De Waal, Rein ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ancient forest species; Conservation; Fraxinus; Humus profile; Multi variate analysis; Quercus; Tilia

Indexed keywords

FRAXINUS; MALVACEAE; QUERCUS; TILIA;

EID: 32044474686     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1402-2001(2005)008[0155:EOTSCO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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