Above-ground standing biomass and tree species diversity in natural stands of Central Europe

Journal of Vegetation Science

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 555-562

  Szwagrzyk, Jerzy ^a   Gazda, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ecoinformatics; Functional group; Natural forest stand; Simpson's index of diversity; Temperate forest; Tree species richness

Indexed keywords

ABOVEGROUND BIOMASS; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FUNCTIONAL GROUP; INDEX OF BIOTIC INTEGRITY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES RICHNESS; TEMPERATE FOREST;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; SLOVAKIA;

PICEA;

EID: 34249980358     PISSN: 11009233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1658/1100-9233(2007)18[555:ASBATS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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