Spatial patterns of plant species richness along a forest edge: What are their determinants?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 223, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 113-124

  Marchand, Pascal ^a   Houle, Gilles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acer saccharum; Deciduous forest; Edge effects; Erythronium americanum; Moran's I; Patch size; Path analysis; Qu bec; Species richness; Species turn over

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; SOILS;

DECIDUOUS FOREST; EDGE EFFECTS; ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM; MORAN'S I; PATCH SIZE; PATH ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EDGE EFFECT; FOREST EDGE; PATCH SIZE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

ACER SACCHARUM; BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; PLANTS; SOIL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

ACER; ACER SACCHARUM; ERYTHRONIUM AMERICANUM; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR;

EID: 32344436197     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.064     Document Type: Article

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