Soil seed bank and vegetation in mixed coniferous forest stands with different disturbance regimes

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 250, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 71-76

  Zobel, Martin ^a   Kalamees, Rein ^a   Püssa, Kersti ^a   Roosaluste, Elle ^a   Moora, Mari ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Diversity; Forest management; Mixed coniferous forest; Ordination; Seed bank; Temperate forest; Understory vegetation

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; FORESTRY; SEED;

ORDINATION; SEED BANK; UNDERSTORY VEGETATION;

VEGETATION;

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; FOREST MANAGEMENT; MIXED FOREST; ORDINATION; SEED BANK; SPECIES DIVERSITY; STAND DYNAMICS; UNDERSTORY; VEGETATION;

BIODIVERSITY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; PLANTS; SEEDS;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOERU; NORTHERN EUROPE;

CAREX PALLESCENS; PICEA; RUBUS IDAEUS;

EID: 34548420081     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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