The effects of windthrow on plant species richness in a Central European beech forest

Plant Ecology

Volumn 191, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-65

  Von Oheimb, Goddert ^a   Friedel, Agnes ^a   Bertsch, Annette ^a   Härdtle, Werner ^a  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bryophytes; Fagus sylvatica; Pits and mounds; Small scale disturbance; Tree uprooting; Vascular plant species

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BRYOPHYTE; CHRONOSEQUENCE; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HILL; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LITTER; PROPAGULE; RECRUITMENT; REGENERATION; SEEDLING ESTABLISHMENT; SOIL DEPTH; SPECIES RICHNESS; VASCULAR PLANT; WINDTHROW;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; TRACHEOPHYTA;

EID: 34250203584     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-006-9213-5     Document Type: Article

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