Recovery of pristine boreal forest floor community after selective removal of understorey, ground and humus layers

Plant Ecology

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-282

  Hautala, Harri ^a   Tolvanen, Anne ^a   Nuortila, Carolin ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Ground layer; Growth form; Species numbers; Understorey layer

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BRYOPHYTE; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DISTURBANCE; DOMINANCE; FOREST FLOOR; GROWTH RATE; HUMUS; PRISTINE ENVIRONMENT; REGENERATION; SEXUAL REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; PICEA;

EID: 36649011361     PISSN: 13850237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11258-007-9290-0     Document Type: Article

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