Depth distribution and composition of seed banks under different tree layers in a managed temperate forest ecosystem

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 283-292

  Godefroid, Sandrine ^a   Phartyal, Shyam S ^a   Koedam, Nico ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ancient forest species; Fagus sylvatica; Forest plantation; Pinus sylvestris; Quercus robur; Seed bank size; Spatial pattern

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; PALEOSOL; SEED BANK; SOIL HORIZON; SPECIES RICHNESS; STAND DYNAMICS; TEMPERATE FOREST; VERTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BETULA PENDULA; CALLUNA; CALLUNA VULGARIS; CAREX REMOTA; DIGITALIS PURPUREA; DRYOPTERIS; DRYOPTERIS DILATATA; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS PARVIFLORA; PINUS SYLVESTRIS; QUERCUS ROBUR; RUBUS FRUTICOSUS;

EID: 33744999164     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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