Can understory vegetation accurately predict site index? A comparative study using floristic and abiotic indices in sessile oak (Quercus petraea Liebl.) stands in northern France

Annals of Forest Science

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 31-42

  Bergès, Laurent ^a   Gégout, Jean Claude ^b   Franc, Alain ^c  

^a Cemagref   (France)

^b LERFoB   (France)

^c UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Ecological factors; Floristic indices; Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.; Site index; Soil analyses

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; TOPOGRAPHY; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION; WOODY PLANT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

QUERCUS PETRAEA;

EID: 33646541038     PISSN: 12864560     EISSN: 1297966X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/forest:2005091     Document Type: Article

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