Effects of gap size and associated changes in light and soil moisture on the understorey vegetation of a Hungarian beech forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 133-145

  Gálhidy, László ^a   Mihók, Barbara ^b   Hagyó, Andrea ^c   Rajkai, Kálmán ^c   Standovár, Tibor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Beech; Gap partitioning; Herbs

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; FOREST CANOPY; LIGHT INTENSITY; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETATION COVER;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA;

EID: 33745090770     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-9012-4     Document Type: Article

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