The effects of habitat edges and trampling on understorey vegetation in urban forests in Helsinki, Finland

Applied Vegetation Science

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 83-98

  Hamberg, Leena ^a   Lehvävirta, Susanna ^b   Malmivaara Lämsä, Minna ^a   Rita, Hannu ^c   Kotze, D Johan ^b  

^a FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c FINNISH ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bryophyte; Fragmentation; Species composition

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; BRYOPHYTES; MYRTILLUS; POACEAE;

EID: 38849180467     PISSN: 14022001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3170/2007-7-18428     Document Type: Article

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