Contrasted responses of two understorey species to direct and indirect effects of a canopy gap

Plant Ecology

Volumn 187, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 179-187

  Pagés, Jean Philippe ^a   Michalet, Richard ^b  

^a UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^b UMR 1202 BIOGECO   (France)

Author keywords

Competition intensity; Forest communities; Indirect effects; Light; Molinia caerulea; Nitrogen

Indexed keywords

CANOPY GAP; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FACILITATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; NITROGEN; SHADE TOLERANCE; UNDERSTORY;

DESCHAMPSIA; DESCHAMPSIA FLEXUOSA; GALIUM; GALIUM ODORATUM; MOLINIA; MOLINIA CAERULEA;

EID: 33750887555     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-005-0976-x     Document Type: Article

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